The Black Bookshelf: A ThrdSpace Salon

364 Auburn Avenue Northeast,Atlanta GA 30312

11 July, 2021

Description

ThrdSpace is continuing our summer salon series with The Black Bookshelf: The Legacy and Future of Revolutionary Black Thought in Atlanta As we begin inching back into the world following quarantine, how do we build back stronger communities and more fulfilled lives? In response to this question, ThrdSpace is hosting three salons that invite participants to explore how we (re)build culturally relevant, intellectually stimulating, and environmentally sustainable communities? We have found that the answers to these questions may very well be hidden in the past. Our second salon, The Black Bookshelf, brings together Susan Ross and Dr. Joycelyn Wilson to discuss the legacy and future of revolutionary black thought movements in Atlanta. How has the city nurtured revolutionary Black thought? How do we incorporate these legacies into our current communities? And how do we continue fostering spaces for collective reflection, learning, and action? Event Highlights: A conversation about revolutionary black thought movements in Atlanta with Susan J. Ross, Dr. Joycelyn Wilson, and Clint Fluker ThrdSpace Reading Room, a curated space that highlights relevant books, readings, and ephemeraSusan J. Ross is an Atlanta-based artist/cultural worker using photography to document the social, political and cultural experiences of the African-American community. Susan is a participant-observer/documentary photographer/ cultural activist over the past 40 years. Sue has combined her life's work with her positions in government administration for the City of Atlanta, serving as photographer for many Atlanta events including the Atlanta Jazz Festivals, the National Black Arts Festivals, the 1996 Olympics & Paralympics, the Atlanta visits of Nelson Mandela, the Hammonds House Museum and the events of many civil rights organizations such as The King Center, the Institute of the Black World, SCLC, SCLC WOMEN, the Atlanta University Center and as the informal, and sometimes formal, chronicler of activities during the administrations of Atlanta’s five African-American mayors. Dr. Joycelyn Wilson is an Assistant Professor of Hip Hop Studies and Digital Humanities in the Black Media Studies cohort, located in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication in the Ivan Allen College at Georgia Tech. As an educational anthropologist, Wilson is an expert in African-American music and performance - with particular interests in contemporary modes of cultural production in the American South and Hip Hop in general, as well as their broad impact on higher education. She is also the founder and CEO of the HipHop2020 Archive and Innovation Lab, an educational resources design studio inspired by the Hip Hop Archive. Dr. Clint Fluker is the Curator of African American Collections at Emory University (Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library). He designs cutting edge approaches to higher education in areas of research, publishing, and pedagogy. Clint develops programming and manages projects to highlight scholarly work that utilizes art and digital platforms. Clint received his Ph.D. in American Studies at Emory University’s Institute for Liberal Arts, with a research focus on contemporary movements in black speculative fiction. He is also a graduate of the LEAD Atlanta Class of 2017. *Flyer Design by Kendra Boothe of the Printing Boothe