Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
4:00-5:00 PM: Reception and Viewing of Exhibition Blackness in Color


5:00-7:00 PM:
Welcoming Remarks
Professor James Turner, Professor and Director, Africana Studies and Research Center
President Hunter and Elizabeth Rawlings
Frank Robinson, Richard J Schwartz Director, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

Poetry Readings
Introduced by: Professor Kenneth A. McClane, Cornell University
Poets: Amiri Baraka, Mari Evans, Angela Jackson, Haki Madhubuti, Sonia Sanchez, and Askia Touré
Tribute to the Memory of: Toni Cade Bambara, Carolyn Fowler, Hoyt Fuller, Addison Gayle, Larry Neal, Dudley Randall, and Margaret Walker, Sherly Ann Williams and Barbara Christian.


Barnes Hall
8:30-11:00 PM: Concert

Amiri Baraka and the Blue Ark Band
Randy Weston and the African Rhythms Quintet