Black History Month Literary Weekend 2021 Program

2021 VIRTUAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH LITERARY WEEKEND

Celebrating Our Literacy and Our History!

FEBRUARY 27, 2021 HOSTED BY MEET THE WORLD IMAGE SOLUTIONS

Featured Authors

Tune in for their writers' panels at 12:45 and 4:35 pm EST

DR LISA PADGETT HUGHES Suicide, It Happens In Black Families Too

TRACEY JACKSON

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From Yaad www.instagram.com/thesummerofchances/

MARC A. BEASEJOUR

EBONY ROBINSON

Fires of Justice

PURPOSE COPELAND

www.totalrecallpress.org

The Godprint: Navigating Life His Way facebook.com/ebonyLrobinsonpage

Manners My Grandma Taught Me bit.ly/BlackAuthorsRockFB

ELDER ROSALIND WOODFOX

LASEAN SHELTON

My Story, My Testimony, My Deliverance

Prerequisite to Adulting 101

www.reachingsisters.com

www.LaSeanShelton.com

ASTON WILLIAMS

The Righteous Seeds: 7 Principles Towards Success www.astonwilliamsbrand.com

Special Guest Authors Brian W. Smith

DAY 2

https://authorbrianwsmith.com/

Brian W. Smith is the award winning, bestselling author of twentyeight novels and short stories. His novels have earned spots on the following best sellers’ lists: Dallas Morning News, Amazon, Black Expressions, and Target Retail Stores.Brian is a sixteen-year veteran of the publishing industry. He has owned a publishing company, and is currently signed to Simon & Schuster. When Brian is not writing novels, traveling to literary events, and meeting with book clubs nationwide he serves as an Adjunct Professor of Creative Writing at Collin College and Dallas Community College (Richland Campus).Brian’s educational background includes:• Master of Business Administration (MBA)• Bachelor of Science, Business Administration• Bachelor of Science, Social ScienceBrian is a native of New Orleans, La., and currently resides in McKinney, TX.

Catch his interview with Dr. Rhonda at 2:10 pm EST.

Victor McGlothin

https://www.victormcglothin.com/

Victor McGlothin, born and raised in Dallas, left a Vice President position with a local bank to pursue his dream of becoming a writer. In the past 20 years McGlothin has penned a monument of best-selling fiction including 12 novels and 5 top-rated anthologies.McGlothin has written seven movie scripts and four TV teleplays. He has directed and produced two thirty-minute short film projects and a ninety-minute feature, Texas Voodoo Zombies. In the past year Victor has cast, directed and produced two episodes of Mocha Doctors featuring an African American MD cast that keeps it hot, healthy and hilarious.In addition, Victor has written and filmed a Sitcom pilot project, Single and Separated. In the past few months, Victor completed a dramatic sixty-minute TV script that delves into the lives of rival powerhouse basketball teams in the intercity. In September, Victor’s talents will be on display when LACE – a gritty law drama airs on the AMC/All Black network.

Catch his interview with Dr. Rhonda at 4:10 pm EST.

Special Guest Authors Omar Tyree

DAY 2

https://www.omartyreefilms.com/

New York Times bestselling author Omar Tyree is the winner of the 2001 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work—Fiction, and the 2006 Phillis Wheatley Literary Award for Body of Work in Urban Fiction. He has published more than twenty books on African American people and culture, including five New York Times bestselling novels. He is a popular national speaker, and a strong advocate of urban literacy. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. Learn more at OmarTyree.com.

Catch his interview with Dr. Rhonda at 5:25 pm EST.

Rosegold Poet

www.facebook.com/RosegoldPoet

BRONX, NY, native. Migrated to the Mile-High State after parting ways with Uncle Sam. Building and growing w/ my spoken word Fam, armed with a pen & MY VOICE - the greatest weapon in my arsenal

Rosegold will kick off the show at 12:35 pm EST

Performances Shack Brown The host with the most!

Comedian and entrpreneur

Sean Geason Project

Live Jazz performance at 2:30 pm EST

DoubleXperience Experience these twin rappers at 5:45 pm EST

Congratulations to our Essay Contest Winner!

Shelby Lee Shelby is an eighth-grader at Youree Drive Middle School in Shreveport, LA. Tune in at 3:15 pm EST to hear her touching essay on what Black History figure she most admires.

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Twylite Knight has always thought of herself as a cut above the other girls who attend her New Orleans Catholic school. She makes excellent grades, has an angelic singing voice, and an older boyfriend who drives her around in his fancy car and showers her with gifts. Her family sees Peanut for what he really is—an abusive, manipulative criminal who will bring their daughter nothing but trouble. Once Twylite begins to see Peanut through her parents' eyes, she leaves him, but Peanut isn't ready to let go so easily. When his quest to get her back ends in a brutal rape, Twylite begins questioning her entire outlook on life.New to New Orleans, Isis Reynolds is a sexual assault victims' advocate and has just been assigned to Twylite's case. Having had a troublesome teen life herself, she immediately identifies with her client—so much so that she doesn't realize she's in too deep until she smacks rock bottom face to face.Dr. Alexis Duplessis has been Twylite's doctor for as long as she can remember. Twylite sees the doctor as a big sister, so when she is raped, it's no surprise that Alexis is the first person she runs to. Alexis, who traditionally only looks out for herself, now finds herself in the middle as she watches both Isis and Twylite self-destruct in their own ways.Will any of these women find their way back to sanity, or will they get lost in an issue that they find is much bigger than themselves? Is there really a light after the storm?

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