Kevin Powell, Political Activist: “Sexism From a Male Perspective"

Tuesday, March 18
Sarah Belk Gambrell Auditorium
7:30 p.m.
Kevin Powell is widely considered one of America’s most important voices in these early years of the 21st century. Powell is a political activist, poet, journalist, essayist, hip-hop historian, public speaker, and entrepreneur. It is from his current base in New York City that Powell has published seven books, including his current title, Someday We’ll All Be Free. This new book is a collection of provocative essays on freedom, democracy, justice, and race in America, as inspired by Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 presidential election, and September 11th. Powell is set to publish two books in 2008, Letters to Young America, an essay compilation, and No Sleep ‘Til Brooklyn, his second volume of poetry. Additionally, he at work on his childhood memoir, homeboy alone, slated for 2010, and The Kevin Powell Anthology (2011), that will highlight the first 25 years of his literary career. Indeed, he has written numerous essays, articles, and reviews through the years for publications such as Esquire, Newsweek, The Washington Post, Essence, Rolling Stone, and The Amsterdam News.  As a founding staff member of Vibe, hed served as a senior writer, interviewing and profiling, among many others, General Colin Powell and the late Tupac Shakur. At present, Powell is a Writing Fellow for the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. SOURCE OF THIS STORY