Vision & Justice | Thursday | Part I || Radcliffe Institute

THURSDAY, APRIL 25
At “Vision & Justice: A Convening,” participants considered the role of the arts in understanding the nexus of art, race, and justice. The two-day event opened on Thursday, April 25, with a spoken word performance by 2017 National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman and the presentation of the Gordan Parks Foundation Essay Prizes.
OPENING PROGRAM: Knafel Center, Radcliffe Institute
Welcome Remarks: Tomiko Brown-Nagin (0:01)
Introduction: Sarah Lewis (4:10)
Video by Lance Oppenheim (8:00)
Video of Amanda Gorman Performance (20:16)
Gordon Parks Foundation Essay Prize Overview
Robin Kelsey (24:02)
Remarks about the The Gordon Parks Foundation
Peter Kunhardt Jr. (26:36)
Gordon Parks Foundation Essay Prize Presentations
Robin Kelsey (31:06)
Martha Tedeschi (35:59)
Kasseem Dean (Swizz Beatz) (41:52)
Citizenship and Racial Narratives
Alexandra Bell, Jelani Cobb, Nicole Fleetwood, and Makeda Best (49:21)
Tributes
Khalil Gibran Muhammad Tribute to Jamel Shabazz (1:33:04)
Leigh Raiford Tribute to Dawoud Bey (1:43:39)
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