What’s Happening at the Schomburg?

On October 24, 2008 by D. Bell

Resistance and Revolt in the African Diaspora

The Schomburg Center presents a series of film screenings dedicated to the 2008 commemoration of the Bicentennial of the American Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

4 PM to 6 PM
Free admission. First come, first served.

Saturday, October 25
4 p.m. Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power provides a thought-provoking examination of Black radicalism and resistance.

5 p.m. Black Panther features interviews with Huey P. Newton describing the origins of the panthers, with Minister of Information Eldridge Cleaver explaining the appeal to the Black Community and with Chairman Bobby Seale explaining the 10 Point Program.

5:20 p.m. San Francisco State: On Strike recounts how a student strike succeeded in creating the first Ethnic Studies department on a college campus in America.

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