# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Harry Belafonte Black Liberation Speaker Series: Charles Blow with Hilton Als
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 24 Feb, 2021 at 01:00 am
- **Event Description**: The acclaimed columnist and political commentator delivers his manifesto, a call to action for Black Americans to amass political power and fight white supremacy.

“After centuries of waiting for white majorities to overturn white supremacy,” writes Charles Blow, “it seems to me that it has fallen to Black people to do it themselves.” Blow never wanted to write a “race book.” But as violence against Black people—both physical and psychological—seemed only to increase in recent years, culminating in the historic pandemic and protests of the summer of 2020, he felt compelled to write a new story for Black Americans.

Blow envisions a counterintuitive but impassioned corrective to the myths that have for too long governed thinking about race and geography in America. Drawing on both political observations and personal experience as a Black son of the South, he sets out to offer a call to action by which Black people can finally achieve equality, on their own terms.

This event is produced in partnership with LIVE From NYPL.

The Harry Belafonte Black Liberation Speaker Series is made possible thanks to support from Kenneth Cole.

LIVE from NYPL is made possible by the support of Library patrons and friends, as well as by the continuing generosity of Celeste Bartos, Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos, and the Margaret and Herman Sokol Public Education Endowment Fund.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Charles M. Blow is an acclaimed journalist and op-ed columnist for The New York Times who appears frequently on CNN. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Fire Shut Up in My Bones. He lives in Atlanta.

Hilton Als became a staff writer at The New Yorker in 1994 and a theater critic in 2002. He began contributing to the magazine in 1989, writing pieces for The Talk of the Town. Before coming to The New Yorker, Als was a staff writer for The Village Voice and an editor-at-large at Vibe. His first book, The Women, was published in 1996. His most recent book, White Girls, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the winner of the Lambda Literary Award in 2014, discusses various narratives of race and gender. He won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism in 2017.

GET THE BOOK
If  you have an NYPL library card—or live in New York state and want to apply for one now—you can borrow The Devil You Know for free with our e-reader app SimplyE, available for iOS and Android devices.

Readers who wish to purchase copies of The Devil You Know can do so at The Schomburg Shop. https://schomburgshop.com
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/online/the-harry-belafonte-black-liberation-speaker-series-charles-blow-with-hilton-als/200020685747646
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, sports, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Online
- **location**: online
- **lat**: 0.0000000000
- **long**: 0.0000000000
- **full address**: Online

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: The Harry Belafonte Black Liberation Speaker Series: Charles Blow with Hilton Als
  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/5ad7648093531870f6ef73ad68b4197c5c172fe78708afedd4bf27700e090498-rimg-w526-h263-gmir.jpg?v=1614057507

## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Harry Belafonte Black Liberation Speaker Series: Charles Blow with Hilton Als being held?
  - **A:** The Harry Belafonte Black Liberation Speaker Series: Charles Blow with Hilton Als takes place on Wed, 24 Feb, 2021 at 01:00 am to Wed, 24 Feb, 2021 at 01:00 am at Online.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Harry Belafonte Black Liberation Speaker Series: Charles Blow with Hilton Als?
  - **A:** The Harry Belafonte Black Liberation Speaker Series: Charles Blow with Hilton Als is organized by Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library.
- **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library's events?
  - **A:** Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library has 376+ followers on AllEvents, reflecting a trusted and active community of event-goers who follow their events. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library has a verified profile on AllEvents where you can read reviews and explore their upcoming events.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** The Harry Belafonte Black Liberation Speaker Series: Charles Blow with Hilton Als is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Online, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If The Harry Belafonte Black Liberation Speaker Series: Charles Blow with Hilton Als sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

## Structured Data (JSON-LD)

```json
[
    {
        "@context": "https://schema.org",
        "@type": "Event",
        "name": "The Harry Belafonte Black Liberation Speaker Series: Charles Blow with Hilton Als",
        "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/5ad7648093531870f6ef73ad68b4197c5c172fe78708afedd4bf27700e090498-rimg-w526-h263-gmir.jpg?v=1614057507",
        "startDate": "2021-02-24",
        "url": "https://allevents.in/online/the-harry-belafonte-black-liberation-speaker-series-charles-blow-with-hilton-als/200020685747646",
        "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OnlineEventAttendanceMode",
        "location": {
            "@type": "VirtualLocation",
            "url": "https://allevents.in/online/the-harry-belafonte-black-liberation-speaker-series-charles-blow-with-hilton-als/200020685747646"
        },
        "description": "The acclaimed columnist and political commentator delivers his manifesto, a call to action for Black Americans to amass political power and fight white supremacy.\n\n“After centuries of waiting for white majorities to overturn white supremacy,” writes Charles Blow, “it seems to me that it has fallen t",
        "organizer": [
            {
                "@type": "Organization",
                "name": "Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture New York Public Library",
                "url": "https://allevents.in/org/schomburg-center-for-research-in-black-culture-new-york-public-library/254519",
                "description": "Where Every Month Is Black History Month"
            }
        ]
    }
]
```