AUTHOR MAIN STAGE

HBF POETRY STAGE

CHILDREN'S PAVILION

HBF GOSPEL STAGE

LANGSTON HUGHES AUDITORIUM &
AMERICAN NEGRO THEATRE
SUNDAY
SCHEDULE:
      HBF CONVERSATIONS

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The HBF Panel Discussions are located in the Schomburg Library and Countee Cullen Library. Entrance to all discussions, workshops, and presentations are by donation only. Schedule is subject to change.

SUNDAY, JULY 22
SCHOMBURG/LANGSTON HUGHES AUDITORIUM

1:00 – 2:30p    A Conversation on Gender, Race, and Class with
                             Herb Boyd and Cora Daniels

Herb Boyd (Race and Resistance: African Americans in the Twenty-First Century) is activist, journalist, author, and teacher. His articles have appeared in such publications as the Amsterdam News, the Final Call, Essence, and the Network Journal. In 1995, with co-editor Robert Allen, Boyd received the American Book Award for Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America. A noted authority on black studies, he is the author of We Shall Overcome and has been teaching African and African American history for nearly forty years. He teaches at the College of New Rochelle and lives in New York.

Cora Daniels (Ghettonation: A Journey into the Land of Bling and Home of the Shameless) is an award-winning journalist. Her work has been published in Fortune, the New York Times, Essence, O: The Oprah Magazine, USA Today, Heart & Soul, FSB: Fortune Small Business, and Savoy. She has also been a staff writer at Fortune and an editor at Working Mother, and she is currently a contributing writer for Essence. Daniels has served as a commentator on CNN, CNBC, BET, NPR, ABC News, and Charlie Rose. As an author Daniels has been called “dynamic,” “perceptive,” and “a powerful voice from the younger generation.” Her first book, Black Power Inc., was dubbed “thought provoking” by the Washington Post and “a must read” by Black Issues Book Review.

2:45 – 4:00p     A Black Way of Seeing: A Conversation with
                             Paul Robeson, Jr. and Max Rodriguez

Paul Robeson Jr., son of the legendary Paul Robeson, served for more than 20 years as his father's close aide and personal representative. An esteemed cultural critic, he has lectured across the United States and England and appeared on radio and television programs across the globe. He is the author of Paul Robeson, Jr. Speaks to America: The Politics of Multiculturalism, The Undiscovered Paul Robeson: An Artist's Journey, and A Black Way of Seeing: From Liberty to Freedom.

Max Rodriguez is the Founder and Publisher of QBR The Black Book Review  and Founder and Director of the Harlem Book Fair, held annually in New York City, Chicago, IL, Boston, MA, Hartford, Ct., and other cities nationally.  Mr. Rodriguez is the author of Sacred Fire: The QBR 100 Essential Black Books and is the editor of the QBR website (www.QBR.com). He was recently inducted into the Writer’s Hall of Fame at Chicago State University for his pioneering work in the advocacy of African American literature and publishing.

SCHOMBURG/AMERICAN NEGRO THEATRE

1:00 – 3:30p      From Books to Film: A Conversation and Film  
                              Screening with Omar Tyree

Hot Lava Entertainment presents an Omar Tyree Creation, The Lure Of Young Women. When an independent film producer decides to use a more intimate approach to finding a beautiful lead to jumpstart the next level of his film career, he gets more than what he bargained for from a cast of feisty young women all gunning - by any means necessary - for the starring role. But is it all business, or is it personal? How would you handle an ambitious cast of sexy young starlets? Join Omar Tyree in a discussion of his new film.

3:30 – 5:00p      Sex, Religion and Spirituality: Reconciling our Sexual
                                and Spiritual Selves
Moderators: Angelo Hunt, Roy Frank and Marc Collins of The Flow, an internet and live forum Relationship Dialogue
Panelists:  Andrea Wiley (Filmmaker and Producer of Soulmate), Obrey Hendricks (The Politics of Jesus; Living Water), Rev. Dr. Susan Newman (Oh God! A Black Woman's Guide to Sex and Spirituality; Your Inner Eve: Discovering God’s Woman Within).  

Where do our notions regarding sex and sexuality come from, our initial caregivers, religion social conditioning or just a conflicting mix? Is our sexuality basic to who we are or is it to be defined only within the confines of a relationship?  How did sex become a Pandora's box separate from a meaningful spiritual life.  How do our sexual attitudes impact our relationships? It's deeper than you think!