Events
Richard Wright Day in Arkansas
Date: Thursday, September 4, 2008
Time: Noon-1:00 p.m. CST KABF FM 88.3 Listen live on www.kabf.org.
Show: Literary Nation hosted by Patrick Oliver
Show Theme: Richard Wright 100th Birthday Tribute
In-Studio: Dr. Patricia McGraw, retired UCA English and History professor and Dr. Maryemma Graham, Professor of English, University of Kansas
Call-in: Dr. Jerry Ward, English professor and Richard Wright scholar and Professor Sterling Plumpp, writer in residence Chicago State University
Richard Wright 100th Tribute and Black Boy Book Discussion
Location: Willie Hinton Neighborhood Resource Center
Time: Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
Exhibits by several community organizations invited- Mosiac Templars, Pyramid, Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, Black Community Developers, Martin Luther King Culture and Enrichment Center and others
- 6:30 p.m. Welcome by members of LR Chapter of Black Male Development Symposium and Say It Loud!
- Unveiling of Richard Wright Day Proclamation issued by the Governors office
- Short powerpoint or video on the life of Richard Wright - Patrick Oliver
- Richard Wright teens years and how those it parallels with today's teens
- Presenter: Ryan Davis followed by local male youth reading excerpts.
- The poetry in Black Boy
- Presenter: Central High English teacher Stacy McAdoo followed by local male youth reading the excerpts.
- Richard Wright and the Harlem Renaissance
- Author and retired English professor Akasha Hull. Followed by male youth reading excerpts.
- Today's music in Black Boy - Rap, hip-hop and R&B will be played before and between sets - Stevie Wonder, Tupac Shakur, Wynton Marsalis, Kanye West, Public Enemy, Marvin Gaye, Common and others
- Presenter: DJ Prophet