The Department of Africana Studies at Stony Brook University will be holding a symposium honoring the legacy of Amiri Baraka, world-renowned dramatist, poet, and esteemed faculty member from 1979 to 1999. An Urgent Voice for Liberation in Times of Trouble: Celebrating the Legacy of Amiri Baraka will be held at Stony Brook University from Wednesday, November 14th to Friday, November 16th, 2018. All events are open to the public. Please join us as we reflect on the life and legacy of this unparalleled artist.
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 – 1:00pm – 2:20 pm & 4:00pm – 5:20 pm.
Poetry Slam
Department of Africana Studies
Social & Behavioral Sciences Building 2nd Floor
Richard B. Moore Memorial Library SBS – S224
Thursday, November 15, 2018 – 6:00pm – 8:00pm.
Film Screening: The Dutchman
Department of Africana Studies
Social & Behavioral Sciences Building 2nd Floor
Richard B. Moore Memorial Library SBS – S224
Friday, November 16, 2018 – 1:00pm – 4:00pm.
Panel Discussion: “Raise Up/ Return/ Destroy/ Create Baraka’s Legacy in the 21st Century”
Humanities Building 1006
Friday November 16, 2018 – 6:00pm.
Keynote Address: The Honorable Ras Jua Baraka, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey
Wang Center Theater
