A panel discussion at the University of Maryland moderated by Washington Post columnist Kevin Blackistone and former Post sports writer George Solomon and featuring:
Kevin Merida, Editor-In-Chief of The Undefeated, Dominique Foxworth, NFL Veteran and Columnist with The Undefeated, Christine Brennan of USA Today, Roger Cossak, Legal Analyst for CNN, Ray Shoenke, 12 year Veteran of the NFL, Jared Ball, Morgan State University
Rebirth of a Nation Within a Nation
I was happily involved in this panel after a screening of Nate Parker’s Birth of a Nation today at the Library of Congress. Even with the unfortunate loss of the last 10 minutes of the panel it was a lively and important conversation.
Read moreMaroons, Panama and Afro-Latinas with Yvette Modestin
Yvette Modestin is an award-winning writer, poet and activist who focuses on shedding light on the Afro descendent experience in Latin America. She joined us to talk about her work on a forthcoming film about Maroons in Panama and the role Panama plays in anti-colonial struggles.
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