MAIN STAGE

9:30 am Festival Kick Off with Cynthia E. Exum, Executive Director
& Event Co-Chairs: Dr. Bernard and Shirley Kinsey
MC: TBA
9:45 am Kick off Musical Performance –TBA
10:00 am “Writing Our History: Arcadia Authors Speak”
• Robert Lee Johnson (Compton)
• Dr. Karin Stanford (African Americans In Los Angeles)
• Cynthia E. Exum (Leimert Park)
• Alex Moreno (Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles)
Interviewer: Erin Aubry Kaplan, KCET Journalist
10:30 am Book Discussion with Authors: Gary Phillips & Gar Anthony Haywood
Featured Book: Black Pulp
11:00 am Take 5 Interview with Author Terry McMillan (Video on LSD 32”)
11:15 am Afternoon Greeting
California Librarians Black Caucus presents
Joyce Sumbi Leadership Award
Acknowledgement of Special Guests
11:30 am PANEL DISCUSSION:
Power to the People: Revolutionary Movements in the African-American Community hosted by Revolution Books and
Moderated by UCLA Professor Joshua Bloom
12:15 pm Take Five Interview with Author James A. Baldwin (video on LSD 32”)
12:30 pm PANEL DISCUSSION:
“Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy in the Era of Obama”
Potential Panelists:
• Rev. James Lawson, Former Minister Holman Methodist Church
and other Special Guest to be Announced
1:15pm SPECIAL ORATORICAL PRESENTATION:
Recital of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speech
“I Have a Dream” – 1963
Hamilton High Student - Trey Bennett, III
1:30 pm In Conversation with Eric LaSalle
Interviewer: TBA
2:00 pm In Conversation with Judge Mabelean Ephriam
Interviewer: TBA
2:30 pm ‘A Place Called Home’ Jazz Ensemble
Musical Director: Charyn Harris
Tribute to Sly and the Family Stone
3:00 pm PANEL DISCUSSION:
A talk with Former Freedom Riders & Special Guests:
• Former Councilman Robert C. Farrell
• Dr. Robert and Helen Singleton
Moderator: Donzaleigh Abernathy, Partners to History: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and the
Civil Rights Movement
3:50 pm Take 5 Interview with Maya Angelou (video on LSD 32” screen)
4:00 pm POET SPOTLIGHT – Guest Poets to Be Announced
4:30 pm MAIN ATTRACTION:
“Behind the Music that Changed History, Changed America”
Music Industry Legends: TBA
5:15 pm E. Lynn Harris (video on LSD 32” )
Musical Performance Interlude
5:30 pm In Celebration of Black History Month:
Songs That Fueled and Inspired the Civil Rights Movement
• Tribute to Stax Records
• Tribute to Motown Records
• Tribute to Sam Cooke
6:30 pm Book Fair’s 60’s Themed After Party w/ DJ Jedi
& Event Co-Chairs: Dr. Bernard and Shirley Kinsey
MC: TBA
9:45 am Kick off Musical Performance –TBA
10:00 am “Writing Our History: Arcadia Authors Speak”
• Robert Lee Johnson (Compton)
• Dr. Karin Stanford (African Americans In Los Angeles)
• Cynthia E. Exum (Leimert Park)
• Alex Moreno (Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles)
Interviewer: Erin Aubry Kaplan, KCET Journalist
10:30 am Book Discussion with Authors: Gary Phillips & Gar Anthony Haywood
Featured Book: Black Pulp
11:00 am Take 5 Interview with Author Terry McMillan (Video on LSD 32”)
11:15 am Afternoon Greeting
California Librarians Black Caucus presents
Joyce Sumbi Leadership Award
Acknowledgement of Special Guests
11:30 am PANEL DISCUSSION:
Power to the People: Revolutionary Movements in the African-American Community hosted by Revolution Books and
Moderated by UCLA Professor Joshua Bloom
12:15 pm Take Five Interview with Author James A. Baldwin (video on LSD 32”)
12:30 pm PANEL DISCUSSION:
“Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy in the Era of Obama”
Potential Panelists:
• Rev. James Lawson, Former Minister Holman Methodist Church
and other Special Guest to be Announced
1:15pm SPECIAL ORATORICAL PRESENTATION:
Recital of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speech
“I Have a Dream” – 1963
Hamilton High Student - Trey Bennett, III
1:30 pm In Conversation with Eric LaSalle
Interviewer: TBA
2:00 pm In Conversation with Judge Mabelean Ephriam
Interviewer: TBA
2:30 pm ‘A Place Called Home’ Jazz Ensemble
Musical Director: Charyn Harris
Tribute to Sly and the Family Stone
3:00 pm PANEL DISCUSSION:
A talk with Former Freedom Riders & Special Guests:
• Former Councilman Robert C. Farrell
• Dr. Robert and Helen Singleton
Moderator: Donzaleigh Abernathy, Partners to History: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and the
Civil Rights Movement
3:50 pm Take 5 Interview with Maya Angelou (video on LSD 32” screen)
4:00 pm POET SPOTLIGHT – Guest Poets to Be Announced
4:30 pm MAIN ATTRACTION:
“Behind the Music that Changed History, Changed America”
Music Industry Legends: TBA
5:15 pm E. Lynn Harris (video on LSD 32” )
Musical Performance Interlude
5:30 pm In Celebration of Black History Month:
Songs That Fueled and Inspired the Civil Rights Movement
• Tribute to Stax Records
• Tribute to Motown Records
• Tribute to Sam Cooke
6:30 pm Book Fair’s 60’s Themed After Party w/ DJ Jedi