| When | Saturday, March 20, 2021, 6 – 7:30 PM |
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| Categories | Lectures & Discussions, Webcasts & Online |
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| Sponsor | African American History and Culture Museum |
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| Co-sponsor | The Center for Global Migration Studies, University of Maryland, College Park |
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| Venue | African American History and Culture Museum |
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| Event Location | Virtual |
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| Cost | Free
Registration Recommended |
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| Related Events | The Making African America Symposium series brings together scholars, journalists, activists, curators, filmmakers, and writers to discuss how immigration has shaped and is continuing to reshape what it means to be black in the United States. The symposium takes place over three weekends in March. See the full schedule and more information about the symposium here.
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| Sign Up | | Details | Day 6
‘I Too Sing America’: Writing Blackness in Poetry and Fiction
This panel discussion brings together renowned authors whose cultural roots span the African diaspora. They will discuss their use of the written word as a medium to communicate black immigrant experiences, including the complexity of encounters with other Black Americans in the United States. - Dinaw Mengestu, author
- Edwidge Danticat, author
- Elizabeth Acevedo, poet and author
- Moderator: Joanne Hyppolite, National Museum of African American History and Culture
Titles by Dinaw Mengestu, Edwidge Danticat, and Elizabeth Acevedo are available for purchase courtesy of Smithsonian Enterprises using this request form.
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