Black CapaCity Literary Arts Festival

The Black Capacity Literary Arts Festival is an independent, grassroots event aimed at highlighting and promoting the endeavors of African descended peoples in the field and industry of literature; from authorship, to publishing, to distribution. The festival is being presented to you by the Richmond Division of the UNIVERSAL NEGRO IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION & AFRICAN COMMUNITIES LEAGUE (UNIA-ACL). Our Second Annual festival will be held Saturday, April 18, 2009 from 12pm-7pm i… Continue

Dear Brothers & Sisters: I am very pleased to announce that were are officially starting to promote the SECOND ANNUAL Black CapaCity Literary Arts Festival!!! YAY!!!! For those of you that have been with us since the beginning, the time has finally come to prepare for our next festival. For those of you that are new to our mailing list, I'd like to extend warm greetings to you. Our first annual festival held earlier in 2008 was quite successful fro our first time out. We are l… Continue

Shout out to Bro. Turtel Onli, the creator of the convention, and the originator of the phrase "Black age of Comics". Let's support this warrior brother, and spread the word about this event..... "BLACK AGE XI" Program and scheule of events. The opening reception for this group show which is entitled, "The Blacker the Hero" will be on Oct. 10th 2008, 5:00pm to 8:00pm, free admission at the African American Cultural Center of the University of Illinois at Chicago. 830 South Halsted Street… Continue

“I CAN LEAD A NATION WITH A MICROPHONE” “I CAN LEAD A NATION WITH A MICROPHONE” is the 5th Signs Of The Times spoken word, hip-hop, & soul musical concert event, taking place at the Creative Alliance in East Baltimore. Brought to you by Oddissee Entertainment and The 5th L (WWW.5thL.COM). We have brought together a collection of Maryland/ DC’s best performers in their own rights, complete with thought provoking lyrics that have enough impact to change the world. The 5th L, J… Continue

The following is an excerpt of an ongoing debate that I've been having with another poster on a different networking site called Black Authors Showcase. The original forum post was about celebrating May as Latino Book Month. due to the ignorance being spewed by the poster, I felt the need to respond.... Reply by wizthom on May 6, 2008 at 2:51pm Latinos MM whom history only goes back 500,years, whats to celebrate other than the dislike they share for blacks, , there's a saying too many fi… Continue