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Edited on Sun Jul-23-06 09:53 PM by Viva_La_Revolution
Sunday, July 23 at 10:00 pm --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2006 Harlem Book Fair
Join Book TV for live coverage of the 8th annual Harlem Book Fair in New York City. From the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, Book TV covers panels on Black media, fair elections, literacy, and memoir. Featured authors include Rev. Al Sharpton, Dick Gregory, John McWhorter, Paul Robeson, Jr., Juan Williams, Greg Palast, Jill Nelson, Thulani Davis, and Salome Thomas-El,.
Panel Discussion: Black Media and Black Stereotypes
Al Sharpton, "Go and Tell Pharaoh: The Autobiography of the Reverend Al Sharpton" Juan Williams, "Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements, and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America - and What We Can Do About It" Dick Gregory, "Nigger: An Autobiography" Jill Nelson, "Volunteer Slavery: My Authentic Negro Experience" William Rhoden, "Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete" Moderator: Cathy Hughes, President of TV-One
Panel Discussion: Assuring Fair Elections
John McWhorter, "Winning the Race: Beyond the Crisis in Black America" Paul Robeson, Jr., "A Black Way of Seeing: From 'Liberty' to Freedom" Steve Freeman & Joel Bleifuss, "Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?: Exit Polls, Election Fraud, and the Official Count" Greg Palast, "Armed Madhouse: Who's Afraid of Osama Wolf?, China Floats, Bush Sinks, the Scheme to Steal '08, No Child's Behind Left, and Other Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Class War" Peniel Joseph, "Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America"" Moderator: Dan Simon, Seven Stories Press
Panel Discussion: Literacy and African-Americans
Salome Thomas-El, "The Immortality of Influence" Sharon Flake, "Bang!" Patrick Oliver, "Turn the Page and You Don't Stop" Andrew Sekou Jackson - President of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association Moderator: Wade Hudson, Just Us Books
Panel Discussion: Biography and Memoir
Flores Forbes, "Will You Die with Me?: My Life and the Black Panther Party" Thalani Davis, "My Confederate Kinfolk: A Twenty-First Century Freedwoman Discovers Her Roots" Lawrence Otis Graham, "The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America's First Black Dynasty" June Cross, "Secret Daughter: A Mixed Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away" Bishop David Evans, "Healed without Scars" Christopher John Farley, "Before the Legend: The Rise of John Marley" David Matthews, "Ace of Spades" Moderator: Kecia Palmer-Cousins, Harlem Book Fair
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