A Longish Short List
Today I'd like to give you a shortlist of books, films, and one event that I think are worth investigating. I haven’t read all of the books, or seen all of the movies: What they hav e in common is that they’ ve caught my attention. I’m hoping I’ll be able to write about all of them in more detail. But for now, without further ado: On Sunday, January 20 from 3 to 5 pm WNYC Radio and Civic Frame are cohosting a public conversation at the Brooklyn Museum called “Embracing the Radical King: Prophetic or Passé ?” In the press release it is described as “a critical examination and reclamation of a more complex Dr. King, featuring poetry, a montage of archival King photos and audio, and public conversation about some of his underemphasized , but no less defining, positions. Using Dr. King’s own words as a guide, WNYC Host Brian Lehrer and CivicFrame President April Yvonne Garrett will lead an interactive panel discussion in which esteemed public intellectuals and the audience will h...