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The African Diaspora through fiction, drama and essay each featured here today will illustrate the ways in which his or her work speak to the complex experiences of black people in literature and i know were at the 16th National Black writers conference, but the speakers youre about to listen to are not living by the pen. Youll witnessing the unraveling of whitewashed history through the eyes of historians like dolan valdez, whose work plants its palms into american soil and pulls out narratives that are imagined and true all at once. Youll be looking at executive producers like jelani cobb, w...

Welcome again to the 16 National Black writers conference. My name is erica boddington and as youve heard on the ceo and founder of langston, a consulting curriculum firm specializes in culturally affirming instruction materials and writing for late night segment called how do we get here on the amber ruffin show . Speaking of how we got, were all here for roundtable entitled the souls of black folk telling our stories. Todays roundtable title is taken from w. E. B. Duboiss landmark book, the souls black folk. And in this regard, todays speakers will discuss how their work to the complex exper...

My name is erica boddington and as youve heard on the ceo and founder of langston, a consulting curriculum firm specializes in culturally affirming instruction materials and writing for late night segment called how do we get here on the amber ruffin show . Speaking of how we got, were all here for roundtable entitled the souls of black folk telling our stories. Todays roundtable title is taken from w. E. B. Duboiss landmark book, the souls black folk. And in this regard, todays speakers will discuss how their work to the complex experiences of black people. The African Diaspora through fictio...

Fiction, drama and essay each featured here today will illustrate the ways in which his or her work speak to the complex experiences of black people in literature and i know were at the 16th National Black writers conference, but the speakers youre about to listen to are not living by the pen. Youll witnessing the unraveling of whitewashed history through the eyes of historians like dolan valdez, whose work plants its palms into american soil and pulls out narratives that are imagined and true all at once. Youll be looking at executive producers like jelani cobb, whose influence ranges from ma...

What was the reaction . He spoke for himself today. Do you have a job lined up . I have nothing to announce today. Does the white house have a copy of the book and are they caught offguard by the secretarys book last year . I dont have one. I look forward to reading it. Press secretary jay carney getting one of his remaining press conferences as president obama came to the Briefing Room at the top announcing the nine is leaving in may to june. His replacement will be Deputy Press Secretary josh earnest. We have seen him handle briefings on a number of occasions. Of course the other big story t...