This is a blast from the past which I recently had recent to recall. I had an amazing experience in April of 2014. I was invited to join a powerful group of black thinkers at a symposium entitled Black Folks in Dark Times. It was held at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. I was joined by conveners Peter James Hudson and Jemima Pierre along with Glen Ford, David Austin, Kevin Edmonds, Sokari Ekine, Kevin Alexander Gray, Aaron Kamugisha, Emira Woods, Maboula Soumahoro, Naomi Reed, Christina Sharpe, Rinaldo Walcott and Johnny Eric Williams.
Unfortunately there were technical problems which prevented all remarks from being recorded. But there is audio for comments from Kevin Alexander Gray, Christina Sharpe and Maboulah Soumaroo. Listen here beginning at about 19 minutes. You can also get a good idea of what took place on this storify link courtesy of Peter Hudson.
