January 24, 2018
Useni Perkins
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Noted Author Useni Eugene Perkins to Discuss New Book Rise of the Phoenix
Panel Discussion and Book Signing Kicks Off 2018 TWPF/IPE Nation Studies
In the momentous task of documenting the lives and the voices of the people who took part in the world-expanding events of the Black Empowerment and Black Arts Movements of the 1960s and 1970s, Perkins has gathered scholars, activists, artists, educators and others who were active participants in shaping that era.