Events

Events, film screenings, and concerts will be held throughout the year, including a commemoration of Martin Luther King's A Time to Break Silence speech, James Baldwin's birth month, W.E.B. Du Bois, Baldwin's solidarity with anti-colonial movements, and the Afro-Asiatic reconstitution.

February 17th

Inaugurating the Year of James Baldwin: God's Revolutionary Voice

The official launch of the Year of James Baldwin, a yearlong celebration in Philadelphia of the 100th birth anniversary of American essayist, novelist, playwright, poet, and revolutionary James Baldwin. The event will feature speakers, documentary footage, and intercivilizational cultural performance. 
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Location: 
Parkway Central Library, Skyline Room
1901 Vine Street, 4th Floor, 19103

Event Info

Thursday, April 4th
and Saturday, April 6th

American's Revolutionary Future and Martin Luther King Jr.'s Vision for Peace

Commemorating Martin Luther King's Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence speech he gave on April 4, 1967 and James Baldwin's same revolutionary vision and voice for peace. April 4th will feature a screening of King's speech followed by a roundtable conversation. April 6th will feature Baldwin's voice for peace, followed by a roundtable discussion about America's future, as well as an intercivilizational cultural performances.

Thursday, April 4

Location:
First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
​(2125 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19103)
Screening of Martin Luther King's Beyond Vietnam speech, followed by a panel discussion on a time to break silence today

Saturday, April 6

Location: 
Zion Baptist Church
(3600 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140)
Roundtable, "A Generation Prepared to Pay Its Dues to the Future," followed by intercivilizational cultural performances

Event Info

Saturday, June 1st
​and Sunday, June 2nd

The Crisis of Knowledge & the American University: James Baldwin ​ and the Struggle for Our Human Future

Saturday, June 1

Panel 1: The University as an Arm of the State: Zionism, the War Economy, and the Consequences for Knowledge
Roundtable 2: Knowledge, Theory, and Ideology in the Black Freedom Tradition

Sunday, June 2

Panel 3: Counter-revolution Against Knowledge: Postmodernism, Identity Politics, and Pessimism
Roundtable 4: The Revolutionary Philosophy of James Baldwin and the Path Towards a Human Future

Location:
Church of the Crucifixion
(807 Bainbridge St, Philadelphia PA)

Event Info

Friday, August 2nd,
Saturday, August 3rd,
​and Monday, August 5th

Celebrating James Baldwin's 100th Birthday

Friday, August 2

Documentary Screening and Roundtable Discussion 
"To Fulfill the Unfulfilled, To Answer the Unanswered: The Revolutionary James Baldwin"

​Location:
​Church of the Crucifixion
(807 Bainbridge St, Philadelphia PA)

Saturday, August 3

AFRO-ASIATIC PEACE CONCERT

Location:
​Church of the Crucifixion
(807 Bainbridge St, Philadelphia PA)

Monday, August 5

Art Exhibit Opening and Tour
"LOVE & REVOLUTION: James Baldwin Speaks to Our Time"

Location:
Parkway Central Library
(1901 Vine St, Philadelphia PA)

Event Info

Saturday, October 5th

To Fulfill The Unfulfilled: The Revolutionary James Baldwin

Documentary S​creening and Roundtable Discussion

Location:
Muhammad Mosque 12, 
5727 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia

Event info

Saturday, March 8th

Celebrating Our Forever Revolutionary James Baldwin

Closing the Year of James Baldwin
Time: 2:30-7:00 PM
Location: Church of the Crucifixion (807 Bainbridge St, Philadelphia, PA)