Talks | Literary
Patrisse Cullors and asha bandele
- 1PM
Moderated by Rashad Robinson
Launch of When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Co-presented by BAM and Greenlight Bookstore
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors and author asha bandele celebrate the launch of When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir. This poetic memoir and reflection on humanity recounts the birth of Black Lives Matter, serving as a necessary and timely reminder that protest in the interest of the most vulnerable comes from love.
Book signing with Cullors and bandele to follow.
New York City’s largest public celebration in honor of iconic civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. returns to BAM for the 32nd year.
Rashad Robinson is the executive director of Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. The company has developed winning strategies to target corporate enablers of President Trump and the right wing, hold local district attorneys accountable, frame and win net neutrality as a major civil rights issue, and force Pat Buchanan and Bill O’Reilly off the air. Color Of Change has been profiled by The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, NPR, and MSNBC.