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NAACP Image Award Nominees for Literature include Progressive Favorites of Teaching for Change
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The nominees for the 43rd NAACP Image Awards were recently announced. We are pleased to see that several progressive authors have been honored. Teaching for Change's Busboys and Poets Bookstore proudly hosted several of the nominated authors in Washington D.C.: Tayari Jones, Toure, Melissa Harris-Perry, John Carlos, Dave Zirin, Harry Belafonte, and Elijah Anderson.
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Melissa Harris-Perry delivered a riveting presentation on her latest book, Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America, to a full house at Busboys and Poets on September 19, 2011. Read more. |
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On September 20, 2011, Tayari Jones delivered a powerful reading from her newest novel, Silver Sparrow. Tayari's reading followed an equally-great reading by author Martha Southgate. The final question of the evening happened to be “What do you have on your Kindles?” Jones stepped in and made a great anti-Amazon pitch before responding to the spirit of the question -- a great ending to the event. |
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John Carlos and Dave Zirin presented their book, The John Carlos Story, at Busboys and Poets on October 1, 2011. Listen to the podcast. On October 3rd, Carlos spoke to the students at Capital City Public Charter School. Read More.
Carlos pointed out that textbooks include the famous photo of Tommie
Smith and himself with their fists in the air because those in power
“cannot ignore the power of that picture, that demonstration. So they
take it and they put it in the textbook for the students to see. But yet
and still, they give you no more than two lines to explain what that
picture’s worth."
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Blazingly honest and witty, American novelist, essayist, music journalist, cultural critic, and television personality Touré dealt with the complexities of contemporary racism to a full house on Oct. 5. You can watch the discussion of his book, Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness, on C-SPAN's BookTV. |
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On December 15th, Harry Belafonte was interviewed by Phyllis Bennis, who is also a noted author and a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. In front of a packed Busboys and Poets, Belafonte discussed his memoir, My Song, and his lifelong committment to social justice. |
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On Thursday, April 25, 2012, Elijah Anderson discussed new book, The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life.
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