This edition: Diedra Harris-Kelley, Co-Director, Romare Bearden Foundation, Reflecting on the Life & Works of Romare Bearden
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Original tape date: October 5, 2011. First aired: October 24, 2011.In this episode of African American Legends, Dr. Brown sits down with Diedra Harris-Kelley, Co-Director of the Romare Bearden Foundation, to discuss the works of Romare Bearden, a prominent artist and writer whose legacy now lives on through the Foundation. They talk about the life of Romare Bearden, some of his more influential works and the grant-giving programs the Foundation has begun developing to fund and support young emerging artists and scholars.
Guest List
Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Director, Urban Education Policy Center, CUNY Graduate Center.
Diedra Harris-Kelley Co-Director, Romare Bearden Foundation
- Dr. Khalil Muhammad, director, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Tuesday, February 10 - 6:00am
- Ted Shaw, Professor, Columbia University, Does the Law Have a Color?
- Wednesday, February 11 - 6:00am
- Thursday, February 12 - 6:00am
- Monday, February 16 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, February 17 - 6:00am
- Dr. Brenda M. Greene, Dir., Center for Black Literature, Medgar Evers College; Herb Boyd, author and journalist, Black Writers Conference
- Wednesday, February 18 - 6:00am
- Thursday, February 19 - 6:00am
- Monday, February 23 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, February 24 - 6:00am
- Reading is Still Fundamental
- Wednesday, February 25 - 6:00am
- Thursday, February 26 - 6:00am
- Monday, March 2 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, March 3 - 6:00am
- Yvette L. Campbell, Pres. & CEO, The Harlem School of the Arts, "The Joy of the Arts"
- Wednesday, March 4 - 6:00am
- Thursday, March 5 - 6:00am
- Monday, March 9 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, March 10 - 6:00am
- Stephanie Palmer, Executive Director, NYC Mission Society; Maria Orengo, Associate Executive Director, Planning, NYC Mission Society, "Giving Our Youth Hope."
- Wednesday, March 11 - 6:00am
- Dr. Khalil Muhammad, director, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Wednesday, February 4 - 6:00am
- Thursday, February 5 - 6:00am
- Monday, February 9 - 6:00am
- Danny Simmons, Artist, The Power in Creativity
- Wednesday, January 28 - 6:00am
- Thursday, January 29 - 6:00am
- Monday, February 2 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, February 3 - 6:00am
- Aaron McCargo, Food Network's chef, The Flavor and The Passion
- Wednesday, January 21 - 6:00am
- Thursday, January 22 - 6:00am
- Monday, January 26 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, January 27 - 6:00am
- Dr. Jeff Gardere, Consulting Psychologist, Harlem Dowling
- Wednesday, January 14 - 6:00am
- Thursday, January 15 - 6:00am
- Monday, January 19 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, January 20 - 6:00am
- Diedra Harris-Kelley, Co-Director, Romare Bearden Foundation, Reflecting on the Life & Works of Romare Bearden
- Monday, January 12 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, January 13 - 6:00am
