Rickey Vincent and T. Watts
Discussion along with clips of music that inspired the Black Power/Black Arts movement with members of The Scribes of Heru, music journalists Rickey Vincent, author of Party Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers’ Band and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music, and T. Watts, author of Time Has Come: Revelations of a Mississippi Hippie (w/Lester Chambers).
Dominique Conway, Erica Woodland, Mansa Musa, Ward Churchill
This session is a dialogue with activists about the legacy of former political prisoner Marshall "Eddie" Conway's legacy. We will explore the impact and relevancy of the FBI's counter-intelligence program for current movements, and how Conway's work positions us to get free now.
Dani Gabriel, Jessica Huang, Zachary Rogow,elizabeth meyer, Becky Thompson, Xochiquetzal Candelaria, Dima Hilal, Sriram Shamasunder, and Adrienne Torf, Ariel Lucky
This Unruly Witness was curated for people who see love as a life force, who seek a community that can sustain us, who know that “we are the ones we have been waiting for.” Celebrating the life and legacy of the poet activist June Jordan, this collection illuminates why we need Jordan more than ever.
The Howard Zinn Book Fair also salutes book co-editor and City College of San Francisco professor Lauren Muller (Rest In the Power of Poetry!)
