Video streaming opportunities for the 11th National Black Writers Conference, March 2012 will be posted when finalized. Video streaming will not be available for the March 2011 biannual symposium.
The National Black Writers' Conference is being streamed live for a number of sessions. See the schedule below.
Please note that the video will only be live during the actual time of the session. At all other times, the link will be inactive. You must have Windows Media Player to view the video. If you do not have this on your computer, you may download it FREE. To view the video, link on the Video Link shown by each session.
7:00 PM
Official Conference Opening:
A Conversation with Kamau Brathwaite and
Welcome to South End Press
Supported by Black Brooklyn Renaissance in partnership with the Brooklyn Arts Council and the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
Terrie M. Williams, Mistress of Ceremonies
Thomas Sayers-Ellis, Introduction of Kamau Brathwaite
Video Stream
Friday, March 26, 2010
Leroy Baylor, Master of Ceremonies
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
"Shifting Identities: The Black Writer in the African Diaspora"
Edwidge Danticat, Courttia Newland, Colin Channer and Carole Boyce-Davies Jacqueline Brice-Finch, Moderator
Video Stream
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
"Black Writers Reconstructing the Master Narrative"
Catherine Acholonu, John F Baker Jr., Breena Clarke & Betty DeRamus
Pamela Newkirk, Moderator
Video Stream
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
"Tribute to Toni Cade Bambara"
Malaika Adero, Hattie Gossett, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Linda Holmes, Louis Massiah, Eugene Redmond, Eleanor Traylor, Cheryl Wall, Kalamu Ya Salaam, Sonia Sanchez
Linda J. Holmes Moderator
Sponsored by The Links, Incorporated
Video Stream
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Kyra Gaunt, Mistress of Ceremonies
10:00 am to 11:30 am
"The Impact of Hip Hop and Popular Culture in the Literature of Black Writers"
Steven C. Fullwood, Felicia Pride & Toure
Karen Hunter, Moderator
Video Stream
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
"The Impact of the Internet: Blogging, Publishing and Writing."
Grace Ali, Nick Charles, Troy Johnson & April Silver
Esther Armah, Moderator
Video Stream
5:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Kevin Powell – Featured Speaker
"Black Writers Creating Memories and Lighting the Way"
Video Stream
Sunday, March 28, 2010
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
"Speculative Fiction: Fantasy, Horror & the Supernatural in the Fiction of Black Writers"
L.A. Banks, Michael Boatman, Jewell Parker Rhodes & Cheo Tyehimba
Dale Allender, Moderator
Video Stream
4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
"Editors, Agents, Writers and Publishers on the Literature of Black Writers"
Regina Brooks, Linda Duggins ,Chris Jackson & Johnny Temple
Fred Beauford, Moderator
Video Stream
Brenda M. Greene, PhD
Conference Director, Executive Director, The Center for Black Literature
Program is Subject to Change.