March on Washington Film Festival
A Quiet Word
Join us for the A Quiet Word, a community silent reading experience, blending of literature, music, and conversation. Bring your favorite book, or just what you're reading now.
Film Screening: A Mother Apart
A Mother Apart is an intimate, intergenerational exploration of mothering, told through the eyes and words of powerhouse Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin.
Film Screening: It Was All a Dream
A visual memoir from director dream hampton's personal archives about the dawn of the golden era of hip hop.
Reading with Isisara Bey and Keith Colón, Jr.
The Prophet, a reading in honor of the 101st anniversary of this classic book of 26 prose poems written by the acclaimed Lebanese-American writer, Khalil Gibran, accompanied by violinist Keith Colón, Jr.
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.
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!
Film Competition Finalist screenings
Debuting in 2016, the Student and Emerging Filmmaker Competitions gives filmmakers the opportunity to use cinematic storytelling to answer important themes like “what’s your civil right?” and “speaking truth to power.”
And the Word Was Good, a day of celebrating books presented in partnership with Penguin Random House
And the Word Was Good, a day of celebrating books presented in partnership with Penguin Random House.
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.
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.
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.
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.
