Festival 2024

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space Screening

An in-depth biography of Zora Neale Hurston, the influential author whose groundbreaking anthropological work would challenge assumptions about race, gender and cultural superiority that had long defined the field in the 19th century.

The Gathering Table

Our closing event connects cookbooks to the nurturing of the civil rights movement, and the role of our ancestral food legacy in culture, health, land and freedom.

Presenting Lovely One: A Memoir with Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

This event is a live taping of New York Public Radio’s nationally syndicated podcast, Notes From America With Kai Wright.

African Traditions in the Novels of Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison scholar, Dr. Kokahvah Zauditu-Selassie explores a wide range of complex concepts, including African deities, ancestral ideas, spiritual archetypes, mythic tropes, and lyrical prose that appear in novels The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon, and more.

Opening the Book on Publishing: The Women Innovating Penguin Random House

A roundtable discussion on vital topics in the publishing industry with executives representing various departments of the publishing powerhouse.

Talking Book – How to Be An Audiobook Narrator

Do you know what it takes to read and record a book out loud? Find out how best to prepare, what vocal skills are needed, and how to get hired as a narrator. Then take a turn at the mic to test out your narration abilities!

Get On the Banned Wagon: The Fight for Books

From writers, to publishers, to agents and editors, listen in on a stimulating conversation with pioneers and creative lights in the contemporary literary world.

March On Immersive Salon Opening & Screening of Love Machina

Showcasing bold and intimate experiences that reveal the algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI) behind our social platforms, project room scale motion capture portraits, and virtual reality ( VR) world building with our ancestors.

Immersive Salon Open House

In this workshop, participants will examine their relationships to social media and break down the algorithm: how it works, doesn't work, and how it could be different.

March On the Atlanta Fine Art Print Fair

This Art Fair and Open House showcases hundreds of works by dozens of artists including a curated selection from legacy and contemporary African American printmakers, and highlights works by several renowned D.C. artists. Works in other genres, such as sculptures and paintings will also be presented, with plenty of art items for sale.
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