# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Black Women and Resistance: Biography of a Life in Struggle
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 05 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Thu, 05 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: CBFS: Authors and filmmakers join in a discussion on Black women and four histories of resistance. This is an in-person event.About this EventThis 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 STUDIESThe 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.orgFREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLICACCESSIBILITY | 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 accessibility@nypl.org.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 leahdrayton@nypl.org. 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.  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/6dca5320-0327-11f1-952b-edf25a5ec216-rimg-w1200-h441-dc000000-gmir.png
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- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Entertainment
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## Event venue details

- **city**: New York
- **state**: NY
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - New York Public Library
- **lat**: 40.8145527
- **long**: -73.9408948
- **full address**: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - New York Public Library, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Black Women and Resistance: Biography of a Life in Struggle being held?
  - **A:** Black Women and Resistance: Biography of a Life in Struggle takes place on Thu, 05 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Thu, 05 Mar, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture - New York Public Library, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard, New York, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Black Women and Resistance: Biography of a Life in Struggle?
  - **A:** Black Women and Resistance: Biography of a Life in Struggle is organized by Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

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