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2024 AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AN EVENING WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORS

Date
February 22
Time
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Cost
Free
Organizer’s Site
www.oascla.org
Mayor Karen Bass; Dr. Lura Daniels-Ball, President, Our Authors Study Club, Inc.; Marqueece Harris-Dawson, President Pro Tempore, Los Angeles City Council, Councilman, Eight District; Curren D. Price, Councilman, Ninth District; Heather Hutt, Councilwoman, Tenth District; Board of Public Works President Pro Tempore Mike Davis and the Board of Public Works; The 2024 African American Heritage Month Honorary Chair Danny Bakewell, Jr., Executive Vice President, The Bakewell Company; and the 2024 African American Heritage Month Committee invite you to attend an Evening with African American Authors.

 

This special event will feature invited authors: Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter, Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, UCLA, author of Radical Reparations Healing the Soul of a Nation (2/24); and author, attorney, and award-winning mystery writer, Pamela Samuels Young, author of Abuse of Discretion.

 

At this event, you will have the opportunity to hear firsthand from these authors about their processes, writing styles, and perhaps some of their secrets. There will be an opportunity to ask questions about their books, so please read ahead and come ready to spend quality time with these wonderful minds and creative souls.

 

Free, RSVP suggested at tinyurl.com/OASCAuthorsEve

Location

Los Angeles City Hall – Public Works Auditorium
200 North Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012 United States + Google Map

Organizer

Office of Mayor Karen Bass; Our Authors Study Club, Inc.; Board of Public Works Mike Davis and the Board of Public Works; the 2024 African American History Month Honorary Chair Danny Bakewell, Jr., Executive Vice President, The Bakewell Company; the 2024 African American Heritage Month Committee

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