Lineupfor May 15th Benefit for Black Bird Press
Is Marvin X a Parable or Fable? I doubtMarvin X exists! I double doubt there is a Plato Negro!
--Amiri Baraka
photo Kamau Amen Ra
The African American Museum Library
photo Kamau Amen Ra
Quite extraordinary! Who else in America publishes two and three books a year? Who else within the Black Community engages our folks daily toliberate themselves in real and cyberspace?
Congratulations! onyour wondrous achievements.
--Rudolph Lewis, founding editor, Chickenbones, A Journal
Congratulations! onyour wondrous achievements.
--Rudolph Lewis, founding editor, Chickenbones, A Journal
The African American Museum Library
14th and Martin Luther King, Jr., downtown Oakland
presents
a benefit for Black Bird Press
celebrating the release ofMarvin X's
TheWisdom of Plato Negro
Parables and Fables
presents
a benefit for Black Bird Press
celebrating the release ofMarvin X's
TheWisdom of Plato Negro
Parables and Fables
Donation for book $100.00
(one hunid)
Admission to event:
free
(give a donation)
The Linda Johnson Dancers
will perform Parable of the Woman in the Box. Alona Clifton willread.
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Alona Cliftonhas 35 years of activism and engagement in political, social andeconomic grassroots efforts. Heractivism centers on providing better access, opportunity, and equityto African Americansin particular and to the greatercommunity as a whole. Her desire to be involved and to be an activeparticipant in socialjustice was shaped in the movements of the 1960’s during herteenage years.
Author Timothy Reed
will perform Parable
of the Pit bull. She will soon release
her second novel. photo by
Kamau Amen Ra
August Collins will
open show. He was
recently inducted
in the the Blues
Hall of Fame and
signedwith Sony.
San Francisco Bay View Newspaper writer,
professor Wanda Sabir will read Parable of the Heart. photo by Kamau Amen Ra
Dr. J. Vern Cromartie is
chair of theSociology Department
at Contra Costa College. He is a
MarvinX scholar and student.
Parableof the Hustler will be his
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contribution.GeoffreyGrier of San Francisco
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Eugene Allen and Ptah Allah Elwill perform also.
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James Moore, Jr. will read Parable of the Good Children. James produces the annual Kwanza Show in Oakland, among other productions.
Mr. James W. Sweeney
will readParable of the
Preacher's Wife. Mr. Sweeney
is a long-timeassociate and adviser
to Marvin X.
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Mechelle LaChaux, actress, singer,will perform Parable of the Cell Phone along with Baron Cope.
Paradise is a poetic
living legend in the
Bay.Parable of the
Penguin is his selection.
TheBlack Dialogue Brothers better be there! Aubrey LaBrie, MX, AbdulSabry, Al Young, Arthur Sheridan,
Duke Williams.
Rasheeda Sabreen will perform material from
upcoming CD TheLanguage of Love, her original
songs with poetry read byMarvin X.
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Ramal Lamar will read Parable ofthe Parrot. He is a math teacher and will obtain his M.A. in Logic fromCal State U. East bay in May. He is an associate of Academy of DaCorner.
photo by Kamau Amen Ra
CharlieWalker,
author, businessman,
activist will read
TheParable of what right?
photo by Kamau Amen Ra
Reginald James will read the Parableof Black Man and Block Man. Reginald is employed at AC Transit. He is asocial activist.
Hunia Bradley willperform at the Benefit She is an educator/activist/actress. She willread Parable of the Woman at the Well.
Ayodele Nzingha is ac0-founder of Recovery Theatre and established her own theatre in WestOakland, the Lower Bottom Playazs. Poet, playwright, director, actor,she is one of Marvin X's brightest students. Ayo will read The Parableof the Real Woman.
photo by Kamau AmenRa
Academy of Da Corner Reader's Theatre
Tentative Program
Musical interlude, Augusta Collins
Greetings,Veda Silva
Biography ofAuthor, Carolyn Mixon
TheWisdom of Plato Negro, Introduction by Ptah Allah El
Parable of Love, Marvin X
Parable of the Heart, Wanda Sabir
Parable of the Real Woman, Ayodele Nzingha
Parable of Black Man and Block Man, ReginaldJames
Parable of the Woman inthe Box, Alona Clifton, choreography by Linda Johnson
Parable of the Penguin, Paradise
Parable of the Hustler, J. Vern Cromartie
Parable of what right? Charlie Walker
Parable of the Poor Righteous Teacher,Geoffery Grier
Parable of theParrot, Ramal Lamar
Musicalinterlude, Rashidah Sabreen and Marvin X
Parable of the City of God, Rev. George Murray
Parable of the Cell Phone, Michelle LaChauxand Baron Cope
Parable of theRooster and the Hen, Fuad Satterfield
Parable of the Pitbull, Timothy Reed
Parable of the Preacher's Wife, James W.Sweeney
Parable of the AStudents, Ramona Massey
Parableof the Good Children, James Moore, Jr.
Parable of the Donkey, Gregory Fields
Parable of the Woman at the Well, HuniaBradley
Parable ofDesirelessness, Marvin X
Qand A
Book signing
Refreshments
Greetings,Veda Silva
Biography ofAuthor, Carolyn Mixon
TheWisdom of Plato Negro, Introduction by Ptah Allah El
Parable of Love, Marvin X
Parable of the Heart, Wanda Sabir
Parable of the Real Woman, Ayodele Nzingha
Parable of Black Man and Block Man, ReginaldJames
Parable of the Woman inthe Box, Alona Clifton, choreography by Linda Johnson
Parable of the Penguin, Paradise
Parable of the Hustler, J. Vern Cromartie
Parable of what right? Charlie Walker
Parable of the Poor Righteous Teacher,Geoffery Grier
Parable of theParrot, Ramal Lamar
Musicalinterlude, Rashidah Sabreen and Marvin X
Parable of the City of God, Rev. George Murray
Parable of the Cell Phone, Michelle LaChauxand Baron Cope
Parable of theRooster and the Hen, Fuad Satterfield
Parable of the Pitbull, Timothy Reed
Parable of the Preacher's Wife, James W.Sweeney
Parable of the AStudents, Ramona Massey
Parableof the Good Children, James Moore, Jr.
Parable of the Donkey, Gregory Fields
Parable of the Woman at the Well, HuniaBradley
Parable ofDesirelessness, Marvin X
Qand A
Book signing
Refreshments
This event is a project of the Academy of the Corner Reader's Theatre and Black Bird Press, in cooperation withSan Francisco Recovery Theatre and the Lower Bottom Playaz.
Thanksto the African American Museum Library, Greg Bridges of KPFA radio,Terry Collins of KPOO radio, Paul Cobb of the Oakland Post, WandaSabir. Thanks to the crew documenting this event: photographers GeneHazzard and Kamau Amen Ra; videographers Ken Johnson, Adam Turner andKhalid Wajjib and Gregory Fields.
If you can't attend thebenefit, please order the book from Black Bird Press, 1222 Dwight Way,Berkeley CA 94702. $100.00 or send a donation ASAP.
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