The C.L.R. James Institute presents:

Schedule of Talks by Jeff Perry on Hubert Harrison

Forthcoming Talks & Panels

Reading and Author Talk: Hubert Harrison
Thursday, February 6, 2003
6:00 pm
Flatbush Branch, Brooklyn Public Library
22 Linden Blvd.

Hubert Harrison was a leader in the Socialist Party of America during the 1910s and 1920s, and the founder of the militant New Negro Movement. Jeffrey B. Perry, editor of A Hubert Harrison Reader, will discuss Harrison's life and work and answer questions.

Past Talks & Panels: 2001

  1. Friday May 11
    Reading and Discussion
    7:00 p.m.
    Barnes and Noble (Greenwich Village)
    396 Avenue of the Americas (8th St. and 6th Avenue)
    New York, NY 10011
    212-674-8780
    fax 212-475-9082
    contact person Amy Pitkin

  2. Wednesday May 16th
    7:30 p.m.
    Book Party and Reading
    Brecht Forum
    122 W. 27th St. 10th fl.
    New York, NY 10001-6281
    212-242-4201
    contact person Liz Mestres

  3. Thurs. May 17th 7 p.m.
    Reading and Discussion
    Labyrinth Books (the main Columbia University bookstore)
    536 W. 112th St.
    New York, NY 10025
    212-865-1588
    contact person Chris Doblin
    Chris@labyrinth.com

  4. Tuesday May 22 7:00 p.m.
    Reading and Discussion
    Englewood, NJ Public Library
    31 Engle St., Englewood, NJ 07631
    contact person Anne Sparanese 201 568-2215
    sparanese@englewoodlibrary.org

  5. Wednesday May 23
    Book Party and Reading, 6:30 p.m.
    Tamiment Institute
    New York University
    70 Washington Sq. South
    New York, NY 10012
    212-998-2633
    212-995-4070 (fax)
    contact person Peter Filardo
    peter.filardo@nyu.edu

  6. Wednesday May 30 6:00 p.m.
    "Researching Hubert Harrison: An Evening with Jeff Perry"
    C. L. R. James Institute
    505 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10024
    contact person Jim Murray 212 787-1784
    jimmurray@igc.org
    call for information

  7. Friday June 8 9:00 a.m.
    Book Signing and Reading
    Queens College Labor Resource Center
    25 West 43rd St., 19th floor
    New York, New York 10036
    contact person Paula Finn
    212-827-0200, 212-966-4248 x 204

  8. Friday June 8, 7:00 p.m.
    Miller Branch Public Library
    Reading and Discussion
    489 Bergen Ave.
    Jersey City, NJ
    contact person Kwame Ageyman
    201-547-6907

  9. June 19, 2001
    Manhattan Cable TV
    Panel Discussion with Komozi Woodard and Rod Bush

  10. July 7, 2001
    Black Caucus of the National Writers Union
    Brooklyn, NY
    Book Talk and Discussion

  11. Monday July 16, 6:30 p.m.
    Reading and Discussion
    East Orange, NJ Public Library
    21 S. Arlington Ave.
    East Orange, NJ 07018

  12. July 18, 2001
    East Orange, NJ Public Library
    Book Talk and Discussion

  13. August 23, 2001, 6:30 p.m.
    Book talk & signing
    East Orange Public Library
    21 S. Arlington Ave.
    East Orange, NJ

  14. October 7, 2001, 1:30 p.m.
    "Hubert Harrison and Race Relations in New York City"
    Gotham History Festival
    Graduate Center, City University of New York
    365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY

  15. Thursday, October 18, 2001, 7:00 pm
    AFRICANA AGE FORUM: Hubert Harrison & Black Radical Politics
    Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
    515 Malcolm X Boulevard
    New York , NY 10037-1801
    212-491-2200
    Free RSVP or Ticket Information: Open to the General Public
    Participants: Jeffrey Perry, editor, A Hubert Harrison Reader, Ernest Allen, Associate Chair, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Robert Hill, Urban Studies Professor, UCLA; Winston James, Associate Professor, History Department, Columbia University; and Mark Naison, History Professor and Director, Urban Studies Program, Fordham University

  16. November 11, 2001
    Book talk & signing
    7:30 p.m.
    Westwood Public Library
    49 Park Ave.
    Westwood, NJ

Past Talks and Panels: 2002
  1. February 19, 2002. 9:25 A.M.
    Radio Station WORT, Madison, Wisconsin
    Interview by Stan Woodward

  2. March 2, 2002, 2:00 P.M.
    Book Talk and Discussion
    Paterson, NJ Free Public Library
    250 Broadway, Paterson, NJ

  3. March 6, 2002, 3:30 P.M.
    Book Talk and Discussion
    Sarah Lawrence College

  4. April 13, 2002 2:00 P.M.
    Book Talk and Discussion
    Community Awareness Series
    Jersey City Public Library
    489 Bergen Ave., Jersey City, NJ

  5. May 9, 2002 7:30 P.M.
    Book Talk and Discussion
    Barnes & Noble
    765 Rte. 17, Paramus, NJ

  6. June 14, 2002
    Brooklyn Cable TV
    Book Discussion in Two Parts with Stella Winston

  7. July 21, 2002
    CCNY Radio
    Interview by Yusuf Nurruddin

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