BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-31863 SEQUENCE:31863 CREATED:20040225T051700Z DESCRIPTION:FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Claude Marks The Freedom Archives 522 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110 (415) 863-9977 http://www.freedomarchives.org http://www.freedomarchives.org The Freedom Archives, EastSide Arts Alliance, and Malcolm X Grassroots Movement present "SELF RESPECT, SELF DEFENSE & SELF DETERMINATION" Mabel Williams & Kathleen Cleaver Speak Sunday, March 14th, 2004 7:00 PM First Congregational Church (27th & Harrison) in Oakland $10.00/$5.00 students No one turned away due to lack of funds The Freedom Archives, EastSide Arts Alliance, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, along with Hard Knock Radio (KPFA) and other community activists are sponsoring a rare speaking appearance with Mabel Williams and Kathleen Cleaver which focuses on the history and emergence of the Black Power movement, self-defense as a human right, and their roles as leading women in the Black liberation struggle. This historic event is the first time these two women have appeared together in conversation. Mabel Williams is the widow of the late Robert Franklin Williams, the author of Negroes with Guns, a book that describes their activities in the civil rights struggle in Monroe, NC during the 1950s and early 1960s. They were both exiled with their two sons from 1961-69 in Cuba and the People's Republic of China. She traveled internationally with Robert to such places as Hanoi, Moscow and Tanzania. They returned to the US in 1969 and continued their struggle for human and civil rights until Robert's passing in 1996. As a result of her lifelong commitment to the human rights struggle, Mabel makes a unique contribution to this history. Mabel participated in the creation of their newsletter - The Crusader, and the radio program - Radio Free Dixie, which emanated from Cuba and could be heard throughout the South in the 60s. Mabel continues to be actively engaged in her community and is promoting the legacy of Idlewild, Michigan, a Black resort area was the only place where Blacks! in the Midwest could go for family entertainment during the 1940s and 1950s during the segregation era. Kathleen Cleaver, a major voice in the Black liberation movements of the 1960s and 70s, continues today, to speak out against racism, sexism and economic inequality. In 1966, Cleaver fist became active in the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). From 1967 to 1971, she was the Communications Secretary of the Black Panther Party and the first woman member of its Central Committee. After sharing years of exile with her former husband Eldridge Cleaver, she returned to the United States in late 1975. Since graduating from Yale Law School in 1987, Cleaver has combined legal work, teaching and activism. She has taught at numerous universities including Emory, Yale and Sara Lawrence. She served on the Georgia Supreme Court Commission on Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Courts and became a Board Member of the Atlanta-based Southern Center for Human Rights. She has been active in the campaigns to free death row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal and former Panther Geronimo Pratt (rel! eased in 1997). Her writings and essays have appeared in numerous magazines, books and newspapers and her memoir, Memories of Love and War, is forthcoming from Random House. ADDITIONAL CONTACTS ARE: * Kali Acuno - Malcolm X Grassroots Movement 510-433-0115 * Greg Morozumi / Elena Serrano - EastSide Arts Alliance ­ 510-533-6629 \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/24/31863.php SUMMARY:Kathleen Cleaver/Mabel Williams event LOCATION:First Congregational Church (27th & Harrison) in Oakland URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/24/31863.php DTSTART:20040315T030000Z DTEND:20040315T060000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR