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Musicians, historians explore cultural life in the post-civil rights era, Sept. 27
Posted September 26, 2002; 12:27 a.m.
The Black Bohemia Roundtable Program will present "Elvis is Dead: Music, Literature, Culture and Historical Memory in the Post-Civil Rights Era" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at the Princeton University Museum of Art .
The participants include:
- Don Byron, Blue Note Records recording artist, "You Are #6"
- Ellen Gallagher, visual artist, Gagosian Gallery, New York
- Meshell Ndegeocello, Maverick Records recording artist, "Cookie: the Anthropological Mixtape"
- Vernon Reid, guitarist for Living Colour and co-founder, Black Rock Coalition
- Greg Tate, "Village Voice" journalist and author of "Flyboy in the Buttermilk."
The moderator will be Robin Kelley, chair of the history department at New York University. The discussions will be followed with a performance by Byron.
The event is sponsored by the Princeton University Museum of Art, the Program in African-American Studies , the Department of English , the Sophomore Initiative Grant and the Humanities Council .
Contact: Marilyn Marks (609) 258-3601