AAMLO - Upcoming Programs

San Pablo Park: A Shining Example of African American Participation by Lori Shepard
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Book Signing
Saturday October 25, 2008 4 p.m.

Jamaican born Beverly Manley, author of the Manley Memoirs, tells her story with candor, getting
personal and putting her private life on display.

Public programs in conjunction with the exhibition: Three panel discussions have been designed specifically for the exhibit, addressing a variety of topics

Saturday Oct. 18, 3pm AAMLO
Mark Twain and the Censors
Victor Fischer, editor, Mark Twain papers, Bancroft Library; artist Milton Bowen
Huckleberry Finn’s censorship troubles, from the controversy at the time of publication throughthe latest bannings, and Mark Twain’s attitudes toward censorship and censored literature(Walt Whitman’s and others) are the major themes of this conversation.

Saturday Nov. 22, 3pm AAMLO
Literary Works on Trial
Jan Wurm, moderator; David Greene, Director, First Amendment Project; artists Richard Kamler, Eileen Moderbacher, Justin Hoover, Barbara Milman
The panel will discuss landmark legal cases as they relate to the literary works featured in “Banned and Recovered.”

Saturday Dec. 6, 3pm AAMLO African American Writers and Censorship
Jeanne Powell, poet; artists Emory Douglas, Favianna Rodriguez, Bryan Keith Thomas
The panel under the moderator Jeanne Powell examines the role African American writers play in advancing free speech and free expression.