SPECIAL PROGRAMMING
SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS & BOOK DISPLAYS
• “James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time” TASCHEN publication
with photographs by Steve Schapiro, Location: TBA
with photographs by Steve Schapiro, Location: TBA
• “Celebrating Jazz Legends Ella Fitzgerald & Al Jarreau” - Jazz Reading Lounge hosted by
LA Philharmonic, Grammy Museum at L.A. Live & Amoeba Records
LA Philharmonic, Grammy Museum at L.A. Live & Amoeba Records
• Harriett Tubman Press – Loyola Marymount University Booth
• Vintage Black Americana Kitchen Collection – Sable Images Booth
FILM SCREENINGS
• “African American Cowboy: The Forgotten Man of the West” film documentary
produced/ directed by Victoria Lionznyansky, LA County Public Library Booth
produced/ directed by Victoria Lionznyansky, LA County Public Library Booth
SPECIAL MEET & GREET | AUTOGRAPH SIGNINGS
• Gary Phillips, Mystery and Comic Book Writer – 12 pm
• Kim Coles, Actress, Comedian, Author & 2017 Leimert Park Book Fair Ambassador – Main Stage: 12:30 p.m.
• Dennis Powell, Former Major League Baseball Pitcher & Los Angeles Dodgers Alumni (1985-1986) – Children’s Stage: 1:00 p.m.
SPECIAL MEET & GREET | AUTOGRAPH SIGNINGS
In Celebration of Black Women of the Old West:
• Billie Frierson reads The Adventures of Stagecoach Mary Fields – Children’s Stage: 10:45 a.m.
• Christine Nelson as Biddy Mason – Children’s Stage: 10:45 a.m.