Wanda's Picks: James Baldwin Feature Rebroadcast

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forbearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

We rebroadcast our James Baldwin feature from Friday, April 17, 2015 featuring: Lynn Brown, the editor for the Footsteps of Baldwin Anthology project; James Baldwin's "The Artists Struggle for Integrity", Blackademics playwright, Idris Goodwin, and directors: Mina Morita & Lisa Marie Rollins join us. Visit crowdedfire.org

4. AlterTheater Company joins us to talk about James Baldwin's Amen Corner. Jeanette Harrison, director; Cathleen Riddley as "Sister Margaret," Tracy Camp as "Sister Margaret," Chauncey Roberts as "Luke." Visit www.altertheater.org

Music: Wadada Leo Smith's "No Name in the Street" for James Baldwin; and "Seed of Forgotten Flower"; selection from gina breedlove