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Radical Creativity: Black Women and Girls Writing their Stories

March 23 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Saturday, March 23rd || 5:30 – 7:30 || Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History

Dr. Lewis is Associate Professor of English and Interim Chair of Writing, Rhetoric & Digital Studies.  A Tedx 2021 speaker (UNC Charlotte), author of Freedom Narratives of African American Women, Light and Legacies:  Black Girlhood and Stories of Liberation, three children’s books (Brown All Over, Bold Nia Marie Passes the Test, and Dr. King is Tired, Too!!) and founder of the Vanilla Bowman Foundation for Educational Impact, Lewis serves on the Freedom School Partners and Rise 2 Thrive Family Resource Center boards. She was in Charlotte Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” 2020 class.

Based on Light and Legacies, this talk will discuss how Black women literary figures have told and represented their girlhood stories.  Including activists Angela Davis and Assata Shakur, writer Toni Morrison, and the fictional stories of Angie Thomas (The Hate U Give), she will discuss how liberation is an intergenerational discussion. Janaka’s talk is being co-sponsored by the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History and the Augusta African American Historical Society

To Register Call 706.724.3576

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Date:
March 23
Time:
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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Website:
https://lucycraftlaneymuseum.com/

Venue

Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History
1116 Phillips Street
Augusta, GA 30901 United States
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706-724-3576
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Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History
Phone
706.724.3576
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crogers@lucycraftlaneymuseum.com
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