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Now Until October 31

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Watch nine films from Safaa Fathy for FREE. Safaa Fathy is an Egyptian/French poet, documentary filmmaker, playwright, and essayist. Born in Egypt, she moved to France in 1981 and obtained her PhD from the Sorbonne in Paris in 1993. She was Program Director at the International College of Philosophy from 20102016. Fathy is the author of the plays Aquarius, in Sillas en la frontera, and Ordalie/Terreur (with an introduction by Jacques Derrida), and co-author with Jacques Derrida of Tourner les mots: au bord d’un film. Maysles. org

Now Until October 31 12th Annual Congo in Harlem Film Festival

Please join for an engaging discussion as we explore the role of Belgian colonization on the current situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Panelists will discuss the ownership of the Congo by King Leopold II at the dawn of the 20th Century and the devastation that he wrought on the masses of Congolese. Maysles. org RSVP for FREE.

October 22 7:00-8:00pm

Waterworks: A Drop of Midnight

Performance

Harlem Stage WaterWorks artist, Jason Timbuktu Diakité, shared some of his experiences dealing with race, identity, ancestry and more, in the fall of 2018, as a precursor to his upcoming world premiere of A Drop of Midnight. Watch on Youtube or harlemstage.org for FREE.

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Dia de Muertos (oct 26)

The Wall: Michael Menchaca

Join La Trienal curators in discussion with artist Michael Menchaca on his commissioned animation, The Wall, a part of ESTAMOS BIEN - LA TRIENAL 20/21, El Museo’s first national largescale survey of Latinx contemporary art. ElMuseo.org FREE.

October 24 11:00-7:00pm

Revival 4: Fortitude

Join Dances For A Variable Population and legendary guest artists for our evolving exploration of the joy, resilience and vitality of age! FREE with RSVP at revival4.com

October 26 6:00-7:00pm

Ponte Ready! Celebrating Dia de Muertos with La Newyorkina

Dia de Muertos is almost here (November 1)! Join El Museo for a special edition of Ponte Ready with Fanny Gerson, creator of La Newyorkina, who will share with us her recipe

of Pan de Muerto, while discussing the history and symbolism of the beloved baked good and share personal anecdotes about Dia de Muertos. ElMuseo.org FREE.

October 26 12pmWho Was Duke Ellington? Part 2

Duke Ellington became an internationally known composer and bandleader in the 1930s. The National Jazz Museum in Harlem will look into the popular songs and the extended compositions that stood behind this miracle. Join on their Facebook Live.

October 27 7:00pm

Gary Bartz: Desert

Island Discs

Join curator and host Ted Panken for an in-depth Desert Island Discs listening party with saxophonist and jazz legend, Gary Bartz. This program is part of their year-long Charlie Parker Centennial Celebration and Bartz will share his thoughts and perspectives on Parker. Watch

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on The National Jazz Museum in Harlem’s Youtube or Facebook Live.

October 27 10:00, 1:00pm

Women’s Suffrage and Voting Rights

Discover diverse leaders within the woman suffrage movement and the tactics they used to expand voting rights. Learn about how their racial and ethnic identities and class experiences shaped their political views and strategies. Looking back 100 years to the passage of the 19th amendment, students will explore the legacy and shortcomings of the movement for votes for women and learn about the importance of voting rights now. 10:00am for grades 2-5, 1:00pm for grades 6-12. FREE with RSVP at mcny.org

October 28 12:00pm

Speaks: Tia Fuller

Alto saxophonist and bandleader Tia Fuller has established a unique career path for

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herself. Find out how she managed this and has become an internationally respected artist, and faculty member at The Berklee College of Music. Watch on The National Jazz Museum in Harlem’s Facebook Live.

October 28 7:00-8:15pm

Everyday City

The story of 2020 in New York will, inevitably, be one of extremity—how world-historic events gave us drastic, memorable images of a city in crisis. But a subtler, perhaps more lasting effect of this year’s dramas can be seen in the moments in between: a suddenly transformed everyday life. Join this online series at mcny. org $80 and up

HARLEM COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS

The Historic Million Man March Address Toward a Perfect Union

By Minister Louis Farrakhan (The following text is excerpted from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan’s address at the 1995 Million Man March on Washington, which drew some two million Black men to the steps of Congress and the National Mall. To order this incredible address in its entirety on CD, DVD or MP3, call 1-866-602-1230 or visit store.finalcall.com.)

We’re standing at the steps of the United States Capitol. I’m looking at the Washington Monument and beyond it to the Lincoln Memorial and beyond that to the Jefferson Memorial. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of these United States and he was the man who allegedly freed us.

Abraham Lincoln saw in his day, what President Clinton sees in this day. He saw the great divide between Black and White. Abraham Lincoln and Bill Clinton see what the Kerner Commission saw 30 years ago when they said that this nation was moving toward two Americas–one Black, one White, separate and unequal. And the Kerner Commission revisited their findings 25 years later and saw that America was worse today than it was in the time of Martin Luther King, Jr. There are still two Americas, one Black, one White, separate and unequal.

Abraham Lincoln, when he saw this great divide, he pondered a solution of separation. Abraham Lincoln said he never was in favor of our being jurors or having equal status with the Whites of this nation. Abraham Lincoln said that if there were to be a superior or inferior, he would rather the superior position be assigned to the White race.

In the middle of this Mall is the Washington Monument, 555 feet high. But if we put a 1 in front of that 555 feet, we get 1555, the year that our first fathers landed on the shores of Jamestown, Virginia as slaves. In the background is the Jefferson and Lincoln Memorial, each one of these monuments is 19 feet high. Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president. Thomas Jefferson, the third pres-

ident, and 16 and 3 make 19 again. What is so significant about this number 19? Why are we standing on the Capitol steps today?

That number—when you have a nine, you have a womb that is pregnant, and when you have a one standing by the nine, it means that there’s something secret that has to be unfolded. Right here on this Mall where we are standing, according to books written on Washington, D.C., slaves used to be brought right here on this Mall in chains to be sold up and down the eastern seaboard. Right along this Mall, going over to the White House, our fathers were sold into slavery. But, George Washington, the first president of the United States, said he feared that before too many years passed over his head, this slave would prove to become a most troublesome species of property. Thomas Jefferson said he trembled for this country when he reflected that God was just and that His justice could not sleep forever.

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