Revolutionary educators/activists Angela Davis and Marvin X have agreed to an onstage conversation at a place, time and date to be arranged ASAP.
Gov. Ronald Reagan
In 1969, Governor Ronald Reagan removed Angela Davis from teaching at UCLA and Marvin X from lecturing at Fresno State University, the former because she was a Black Communist and the latter because he was a Black Muslim who refused to fight in Vietnam. The community is excited about this coming conversation, but they want Angela and Marvin to "keep it real, keep it 100!"
Angela Davis, Marvin X and Sonia Sanchez (Hapi 80th b day, Sonia! We love you madly!)
Marvin X was banned as a lecturer at Fresno State University, 1969
According to Jack Kelly, former police officer and founder of the Afro-American Museum in Fresno, "When Marvin X was teaching at Fresno State College/now University, he made things better for everybody, not only students at FSU. Before he came to FSU, Black police officers could not patrol the white side of town."
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Congratulations Marvin X for receiving the 1st Annual Pillar Award for your Eldership and tireless work and pioneering spirit in the Black Arts and Black Power movement, thank you for introducing Eldridge Cleaver to Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, thank you for sharing your journey and testimonies, thank you for teaching us how to fight institutionalized racism and white supremacy with your strong example of self-determination through Black Bird Press, thank you moving forward to educate the masses through theater and poetry even after you got 'White Listed' from professorship in the UC System because you taught THE TRUTH, thank you for rising from the jaws of Cointelpro like a Phoenix to continue the struggle!!! We Stand Strong on your Legacy. Bless you Baba Marvin X. Ase, -Toussaint Haki Stewart with the Elder Zone. Pan African Family Festival, Oakland, Labor Day, 2014 Marvin X to be honored at Los Angeles Black Book Expo September 13, 2014
"Congratulations! Marvin X, you have been nominated to receive the LABBX Spoken Worlds Pavilion Humanitarian Award of the Year, for unlimited service to the community of Poetry and Spoken Word, educating and enlightening seekers of Truth. For your poignant and insightful works benefiting humanity and for your tireless search for Truth, Justice and Clarity of Thought."--Denise Lyles-Cook, Director, LABBX Spoken Worlds Pavilion Comment on or view this announcement here. Respond directly to the campaign owner here. Help spread the word about the campaign! Note: To stop receiving updates from Marvin X Books Project, click here. You can also unsubscribe from all recurring Indiegogo emails in your account settings. |
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