#readingbaldwin

Today was a blessing! Two speaking engagements. One in Harlem celebrating my cultural hero #JamesBaldwin @schomburgcenter and the other in Brooklyn @mobinyc having a conversation about Black gay men, identity and media. Both because of @nativesonnow and my journey. This portrait was taken at the #MOBITAlk event and is a beautiful reminder to live my life authentically and walk in my truth. #Grateful #FatherTurns50 #DreamBig #Believe #TheJourney #ReadingBaldwin #BlackManMagic #NativeSon #WorldOfWilbekin #WOW 📷 @weltheimages

@schomburglive  https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2017/09/23/then-you-read-baldwin But Then You Read Baldwin 9.23.17 | 11 am - 1pm Kevin Young Michael A Walrond, Jr. Mitchell S Jackson Safiya Sinclair Khary Lazarre-White Emil Wilbekin Performance by Lil Buck #ReadingBaldwin #JamesBaldwinPapers #bannedbooksnomore

I. Am. Humbled. Today, I'm reading from James Baldwin's #NotesOfANativeSon which inspired the movement/platform that is #NativeSon #ReadingBaldwin @nativesonnow ・・・ TODAY we're #ReadingBaldwin -- "You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” - #JamesBaldwin — If you’re unable to join us for today’s #ReadingBaldwin program featuring @thelmagolden @emilwilbekin @staceyannchin @jacqueline_woodson, @lilbuckdalegend @rahmellpeebles @gozeface and so many more, you can watch on livestream from 11am - 5pm.  Link in the bio. 👆🏾 Items from the James Baldwin Archive will also be on view at the @schomburgcenter through Monday. (at Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library)