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A Filmmaker Conversation | MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE

PBS Books, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to host a conversation with internationally renowned scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Ph.D., who is the executive producer, host and writer of MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, with esteemed scholar Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Ph.D., who is the former past president of ASALH, on Wedneday, September 28 at 8pm ET | 5pm PT.

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Author Talk: Honorée Fanonne Jeffers | MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE

PBS Books, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to host a conversation award-winning Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author of The Love Songs of WEB DuBois in connection with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s latest documentary MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE, on October 5 at 8pm ET| 5pm PT.

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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with Richard Blanco from Poetry In America

PBS Books is pleased to host a conversation with award-winning poet Richard Blanco, who a featured guest of PBS broadcast-series Poetry In America, with Poetry In America’s Founder, Director, and Host Elisa New. As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, join us to learn about Richard Blanco, his work, and his creative process.

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Author Talk | Kwame Alexander on MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE

PBS Books, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), is pleased to host a conversation New York Times best-selling Kwame Alexander, author of The Door of No Return and An American Story in connection with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.’s latest documentary MAKING BLACK AMERICA: THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE.

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Author Talk | Dr. Seema Yasmin – The US and the Holocaust: Navigating Misinformation

PBS Books, in collaboration with PBS Newshour Student Reporting Labs, is pleased to present a conversation with Emmy-winning journalist Seema Yasmin, author of What The Fact, in connection with The US and the Holocaust: A film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein, and in celebration of National Media Literacy Week.

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‘The U.S. and the Holocaust’ Resources Webinar for Libraries

Join PBS Books, WETA and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association to learn about THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST, a film by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein and free educational resources available to engage around this important topic.  

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‘Power and Participation in Public Art’ with Paul Farber | The Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series

Paul Farber is Director and Co-Founder of Monument Lab, a Philadelphia-based organization working with artists, students, educators, activists, municipal agencies, and cultural institutions to facilitate critical conversations around the past, present, and future of monuments, approaches to public engagement, and collective memory.

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