About the Program
Book TV is LIVE from the 14th annual Harlem Book Fair from the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Our schedule of coverage includes:
12:30 PM ET Panel: African American Publishing
Carol Mackey, Editor-in-Chief, Black Expressions Book Club
Zane, Author and Publisher, Strebor Books
Charmaine Parker, Publishing Director, Strebor Books
2:00 PM ET Panel: Education
Akil Khalfani, The Hidden Debate: The Truth Revealed about the Battle over Affirmative Action in South Africa and the United States
Baruti Kafele, Motivating Black Males to Achieve in School & In Life
John Michael Lee, The Educational Experience of Young Men of Color: A Review of Research, Pathways and Progress
Shaun Harper, Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations
Moderator: Carlton Brown, President of Clark Atlanta University
3:30 PM ET Panel: 2012 Presidential Election
Khalil Gibran Muhammad, The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America
Cornel West, The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto
Fredrick Harris, The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics
Sonia Sanchez, Author and Activist
Moderator: Peniel Joseph, Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama
5:00 PM ET Panel: 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
Nell Irvin Painter, The History of White People
Obery Hendricks, The Universe Bends Toward Justice: Radical Reflections on the Bible, the Church, and the Body Politic
Farah Jasmine Griffin, 'Who Set You Flowin'?': The African-American Migration Narrative
Tanner Colby, Some of My Best Friends are Black: The Strange Story of Integration in America
Moderator: Christopher Paul Moore, Historian and Curator, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture