Name: Black Women and Resistance: Biography of a Life in Struggle
Start: 2026-03-05T18:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-03-05T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - New York Public Library

CBFS: Authors and filmmakers join in a discussion on Black women and four histories of resistance. This is an in-person event.
About this Event

This Women’s History Month, please join us on March 5th for an event on Black Women and Resistance: Biography of a Life in Struggle. Two authors will share work from their recently published books on Black feminist politics. Kenja McCray will discuss Essential Soldiers: Women Activists and Black Power Movement Leadership. Alexis Pauline Gumbs will present on Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde. We will also be joined by two filmmakers who will screen brief excerpts of their films and engage in conversation. Yoruba Richen is the director of Field of Vision: Joan Little. Louis Massiah directed TCB – The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing. A book sale and author signing will take place after the event. This will be an in-person event at the Schomburg Center and live-streamed our YouTube channel.

Teachers can earn 2 CTLE credits.

ABOUT CONVERSATIONS IN BLACK FREEDOM STUDIES

The founding curators of this series, Professors Jeanne Theoharis (Brooklyn College/CUNY) and Komozi Woodard (Sarah Lawrence College), introduced a new paradigm that challenged the older geography, leadership, ideology, culture and chronology of Civil Rights historiography. Jeanne Theoharis continues in her role and is joined by Robyn C. Spencer-Antoine (Wayne State University) ) as co-curator. Komozi Woodard continues to advise the series from an emeritus position. Discussions take place on the first Thursday of each month.

Learn more: http://www.blackfreedomstudies.org

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

ACCESSIBILITY | Live captioning is available for streaming programs. ASL interpretation and real-time (CART) captioning available upon request. Please submit your request at least two weeks in advance by emailing [email protected].

PRESS | Please send all press inquiries (photo, video, interviews, audio-recording, etc) at least 24-hours before the day of the program to Leah Drayton at [email protected]. Please note that professional video recordings are prohibited without expressed consent.

Conversations in Black Freedom Studies is supported by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center. Additional support provided by Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation.