Schomburg Education presents this dynamic adult education series with a full line up of provocative scholars and community members committed to engaging dialogue about black freedom studies. The Spring 2015 semester is curated by professors Jeanne Theoharis (Brooklyn College/CUNY) and Komozi Woodard (Sarah Lawrence College).

“The epic of the Young Lords is one of the most exciting, important yet neglected stories in the Black Revolt and Puerto Rican Liberation. When it came to a black and Puerto Rican alliance and to organizing the grassroots, all the political 'experts' said it couldn’t be done. But, when the stories of the triumphant Young Lords protests and programs reached the front pages from Chicago to New York and Newark, the 'experts' decided to bury that legacy of black and Latino solidarity, the original Rainbow Coalition and the Nuyorican Renaissance. This conversation is the first of a two-part program that begins to unpack important lessons from this unforgettable story with Jose Cha Cha Jimenez, Denise Oliver-Velez, Felipe Luciano, Johanna Fernandez and Wilson Valentin. Part 2 will be scheduled in 2016.”

— Komozi Woodard

October 1 at 6 p.m.

The Young Lords Party

Jose Cha Cha Jimenez, Denise Oliver-Velez, Felipe Luciano, Johanna Fernandez and Wilson Valentin.

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