Bid ‘Em Speak: Bibop Blue in the Urban Milieu
A retrospective presentation of African American writers Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, and James Baldwin, with discussion about these authors during the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Depression and post-war America. The voices of these prolific writers are reflections of the struggle to survive the Great Migration from the rural south to urban American city ghettoes, like the Southside of Chicago and Harlem in NYC.
Presented by DONALD HYMAN , Historian-Educator-Performer-Elder, with Q&A discussion to follow.
Light Refreshments will be offered.
Please note: NO bar service.
Suggested Donation: $10
DONALD HYMAN:
Donald Hyman -- a Singer | Actor | Elder | Writer | Teacher -- is a Brooklynite who now calls Albany, NY home. He has a BS from St Francis College and an MA in Urban Studies/ MS in Secondary Education from Long Island University. He currently works at Pine Hills Elementary School and taught as an adjunct professor in the American Studies Department for the College of St Rose for 8 years.
Hyman was a first place winner for drama for his vignette“The Dedication” about the Vietnam Memorial, which he performed in May 2024 at the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival in Denver, Colorado. Currently Chairman for the public access station CHANNEL ALBANY, he has produced "ALBANY TEMPO SPECTRUM" for 12 seasons, as well as producing "Capitol Region Portraits" for Proctors' Open Stage Media. Hyman also hosts and produces "Power of Praise-Gospel Horizons" on WVCR 88.3 Siena College Radio on Sunday mornings and performed in Athol Fugard's “Valley Song” at Hubbard Hall, as well as Celeste Bedford’s “Greenwood” at Sage College. Hyman can be seen in the thirteen-part History Channel series, “The Revolution.”
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