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"QUESTION BRIDGE: BLACK MALES" Panel Discussion Tonight
Three of the four creators of Question Bridge: Black Males discuss the origins and the ambitious community engagement strategy of this ground breaking transmedia project.
'QUESTION BRIDGE: BLACK MALES" ARTIST PANEL DISCUSSION & BMA SPEAKS! SPOKEN WORD'
DATE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2013 - 6:00 PM
FREE //Steiner Auditorium, Birmingham Museum of Art
6 PM // Question Bridge: Black Males Panel Discussion // Artists Hank Willis Thomas, Bayete Ross Smith, and Chris Johnson
Three of the four creators of Question Bridge: Black Males discuss the origins and the ambitious community engagement strategy of this ground breaking transmedia project. Q & A will immediately follow the discussion.
7-9 PM // BMA SPEAKS
Continue the dialogue with our ongoing spoken word series with performers taking inspiration from the exhibition Question Bridge: Black Males. Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for information on performing at the event. Includes snacks. Cash bar open from 6:30 - 9 p.m.
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Stover's stories are in his new book, Leroy Stover, Birmingham Alabama's First Black Policeman: An Inspirational Story. He will sign copies of the book from 4 to 6 p.m. in the library's Arrington Auditorium, 2100 Park Place. The books are $14.28. The Metro Birmingham Branch NAACP is hosting the event.
A Korean War paratrooper, Stover integrated the police department in 1966. He retired as a deputy chief in 1998. As Birmingham commemorates the 50th anniversary of the civil rights movement, the 80-year-old Stover said that 2013 was an ideal time to release the book.
"They didn't spit on me or push me (on the first day.) But they did call me racist names and suggested I wouldn't last the first day,'' Stover said.
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