NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Author and cultural critic Kevin Powell, an original cast member of ‘s , will speak at on “Images of Blacks in the Media.”
Powell’s books include Who’s Gonna Take the Weight?: Manhood, Race, and Power in America and Keepin’ it Real: Post-MTV Reflections on Race, Sex, and Politics.
“Kevin Powell is pushing to bring, as he has so brilliantly done before, the voices of his generation: the concerns, the cares, the fears and the fearlessness,” said poet .
Powell will speak at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16, in Room 103A of Wilson Hall on the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Powell was born in New Jersey and educated at . He has published six books and is working on two others. The first, Someday We’ll All be Free, is a collection of essays on democracy, leadership and the American dream.
The second is a memoir titled homeboy alone.
The lecture is sponsored by the , which provides educational and cultural programming on the African and African American experience for the ²¤ÂÜÊÓƵ and Nashville communities.
Media contact: Jim Patterson, (615) 322-NEWS
jim.patterson@vanderbilt.edu