BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY www.bportlibrary.org

HARLEM BOOK FAIR www.harlembookfair.com

& HBF/Word www.hbfpublishers.com            

Invite You to

RICHARD WRIGHT

September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960

In BLACK and WHITE

A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

6-8pm

Fine Arts Room of the Bridgeport Public Library       

925 Broad Street

Bridgeport, CT. 06604

Participants:

Scott A. Hughes, City Librarian for the Bridgeport Public Library 

Max Rodriguez (Master of Ceremony), Publisher/Founder, QBR The Black Book Review, the Harlem Book Fair, and HBF Publishing

Richard Fewell, Playwright & New Play Advisor for Prometheus Fire, a Stamford, CT based not for profit professional theatre company (www.prometheusfire.org)

Jeanette Harris, Actress and Storyteller

Cordina Nielsen, Vocalist 

Nancy Kuhl, Curator of the Richard Wright Papers at the Beneicke Library of Yale University

Bryan Norwood, Chief of Police of the City of Bridgeport Police Department

Jamaal St. John, New York City-based Spoken Word

Wiley Mullins (Celebrity Chef for the Richard Wright Menu) is an entrepreneur and founder of Uncle Wiley’s, Inc., a marketer of the largest African American Brand of blended spices and seasonings in the country.

Off Street Parking is available in the Aquarion lot directly across the street from the library (on the corner of Broad Street and Cesar Batalla Way).

THIS EVENT IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 203.576.7777