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DESCRIPTION:BOOK TALK: Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party\n\nHost: Museum of 
 African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco\n\nDate & time: January 17, 2022 @ 
 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm PT\n\nRSVP & more info: 
 https://www.moadsf.org/event/authors-in-conversation-freedom-the-story-of-the-black-panther-party\n\n\nMoAD 
 and Litquake present:\n\nJetta Grace Martin and Waldo E. Martin Jr. discuss 
 their new book for Young Adult readers, FREEDOM! THE STORY OF THE BLACK 
 PANTHER PARTY. The conversation will be moderated by UC Berkeley Professor 
 Ula Taylor.\n\nThis is the story of Huey and Bobby. Eldridge and Kathleen. 
 Elaine and Fred and Ericka. The committed party members. Their supporters 
 and allies. The Free Breakfast Program and the Ten Point Program. It’s 
 about Black nationalism, Black radicalism, about Black people in America. 
 \n\nFrom the authors of the acclaimed book, Black Against Empire: The 
 History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, and introducing new talent 
 Jetta Grace Martin, comes the story of the Panthers for younger 
 readers—meticulously researched, thrillingly told, and filled with 
 incredible photographs throughout. Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther 
 Party.\n\nThis program is part of MoAD’s celebration of the National Day 
 of Service honoring the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Register for 
 the day’s programming here.\n\n\nSPEAKERS:\n\nJetta Grace Martin\n\nJetta 
 Grace Martin is a debut author from the San Francisco Bay Area. She earned 
 her A.B. in Social Studies and African American Studies from Harvard 
 University. Jetta is also a dancer, performer and choreographer who has 
 performed nationally and internationally, and whose choreography has been 
 presented by the Museum of the African Diaspora and the Black 
 Choreographer’s Festival. Jetta is the recipient of the Cornel West Prize 
 and the Kathryn Ann Huggins Prize, for her research on race, embodiment, 
 and Katherine Dunham.\n\n\nWaldo E. Martin Jr. \n\nWaldo E. Martin Jr. is 
 the Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of American History and 
 Citizenship at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of 
 No Coward Soldiers: Black Cultural Politics in Postwar America (2005), as 
 well as other books, and the co-author of Black Against Empire: The History 
 and Politics of the Black Panther Party, which won the American Book Award. 
 Aspects of the modern African American freedom struggle and the history of 
 modern social movements unite his current research and writing 
 interests.\n\n\nUla Taylor \n\nUla Taylor earned her doctorate in American 
 History from UC Santa Barbara.  She is the author of The Promise of 
 Patriarchy: Women and the Nation of Islam, The Veiled Garvey: The Life and 
 Times of Amy Jacques Garvey, co-author of Panther: A Pictorial History of 
 the Black Panther Party and The Story Behind the Film and co-editor of 
 Black California Dreamin: The Crisis of California African American 
 Communities. Her articles on African American Women’s History and 
 feminist theory have appeared in the Journal of African American History, 
 Journal of Women’s History, Feminist Studies, SOULS, and other academic 
 journals and edited volumes.  In 2013 she received the Distinguished 
 Professor Teaching Award for the University of California, Berkeley.  Only 
 5% of the academic senate faculty receive this honor and she is the second 
 African American woman in the history of the University to receive this 
 award.\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/01/13/18847332.php
SUMMARY:Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party w/ MoAD
LOCATION:Online event (FREE)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/01/13/18847332.php
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