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This Monday, the American Folklife Center at the @LibraryCongress will host “Since 1968: Cultural Organizations, Programming & Documentation, & #Community Enrichment in New York, Kentucky, & #DC” an afternoon #symposium exploring cultural work, geography & community of 3 organizations who trace their beginnings to the swell of social change emerging in 1968. The 2nd panel will focus on DC’s Drum & Spear #Bookstore. Panelists include former Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) members & co-founders of Drum & Spear. Including this lovely women centered here in my #latergram, Judy Richardson, scholar, filmmaker; contributor & co-editor, "Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC"; #CourtlandCox, president of CCAP Consulting; #AnthonyGittens, founder/director of the D.C. International Film Festival; and #JenniferLawson, media consultant. The panel will also include #JoshuaDavis, asst. professor of history at U of Balt. Drum & Spear Bookstore was born as the Black Consciousness Movement surged across the US. The store officially opened shortly after the murder of Dr. King. Founded by #SNCC veterans #CharlieCobb (journalist, author, "This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the #CivilRights Movement Possible"), Ms. Richardson, Courtland Cox, & #CurtisHayes (later Muhammed), the bookstore was for a time the largest in the country dedicated to literature from Africa and the diaspora. The name “Drum and Spear” reflected the store’s defining principles. The drum, according to Richardson, symbolized “communications w/in the diaspora” while the spear suggested “whatever else might be necessary for the liberation of the people.” Drum & Spear was a haven for #books, #poems & #plays published by & about #Blackpeople throughout the world. Everything from #AlexHaley #IcebergSlim #ChesterHimes #GwendolynBrooks #LeroneBennett, #ShirleyGrahamDuBois #HakiMadhubuti #SoniaSanchez It was also site for meetings, conferences & information gathering. #SpeakLIFE #GRATITUDE #SpreadLOVE #Mindfulness #PositiveVibes #Peace #Focus #Courage #Affirmation #CivicEngagement #BlackExcellence #BlackJoy #UnspeakableJOY #Advocacy #BlackLivesMatter https://www.instagram.com/p/BoFJlwsg0ar/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=cr3caqrh5q4l