Garden City, NY - September 2014—Dr. Haki R. Madhubuti will present a lecture entitled “The Malcolm X Legacy: What It Means to Be Black and Literate in the 21st Century and the Importance of Art in the Maturation of All People” on Monday, October 6 at 7:00 p.m. The lecture will be held in the Thomas Dixon Lovely Ballroom in the Ruth S. Harley University Center at Adelphi University, 1 South Ave, Garden City, NY. It is free and open to the public.
Dr. Madhubuti is an award-winning author and educator and is considered one of the architects of the Black Arts Movement. He has published numerous volumes of poetry and essays as well as many works of non-fiction. For his work he has received many awards and honors, including the American Book Award and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Dr. Madhubuti has held faculty positions at universities around the country.
As a strong proponent of independent Black institutions as well as an influential leader in the Black literary tradition, Dr. Madhubuti founded the Third World Press, the oldest independent publisher of Black thought and literature in the United States. He has also helped found several private schools.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the James Baldwin Lecture on Literary and Social Criticism and the Center for African, Black, and Caribbean Studies. For more information, please call the Adelphi Cultural Events Hotline at (516) 877-4555.
About Adelphi University: Adelphi is a world-class, modern university with excellent and highly relevant programs where students prepare for lives of active citizenship and professional careers. Through its schools and programs—College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, College of Nursing and Public Health and the School of Social Work—the coeducational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,000 students from 43 states and 45 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and its centers in Manhattan, Suffolk County, and Poughkeepsie, the University, chartered in 1896, maintains a commitment to liberal studies, in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.