MEDIA ADVISORY

WHAT:

"Writing Black History" - a free event featuring readings, book signings and reception with the authors. The program, celebrating Black History Month, will include the following participants:

Remarks:
• Sandra Yee, dean, Wayne State University Library System
• Melba Joyce Boyd, distinguished professor and chair of Africana Studies, Wayne State University.

Readings:
• Steve Babson, author, The Color of Law: Ernie Goodman, Detroit, and the Struggle for Labor and Civil Rights
• Bill Harris, author, Birth of a Notion; Or, The Half Ain't Never Been Told
• Steven Ward, editor, Pages From a Black Radical's Notebook: A James Boggs Reader
• Melba Joyce Boyd, editor, Roses and Revolution: Selected Writings of Dudley Randall
• David Goldberg, author, Black Power at Work: Community Control, Affirmative Action, and the Construction Industry

WHEN:
5:30-8 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011

WHERE:
McGregor Memorial Conference Center, 495 Ferry Mall, Wayne State University

MORE INFO:
To RSVP, call (313) 577-0300. For further information, call Tina Lyles (313) 577-2279. Paid parking is available at Parking Structure #1, 450 W. Palmer (corner of Cass and Palmer).

Event partners include:
• Wayne State University Libraries
• Wayne State University Press
• Wayne State University Department of Africana Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Wayne State University is a premier urban research university offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.