Heads Up! A Soulful celebration of our Hairitage will be held this Weds, May 20, 2009at 6pm at the Kumble Theater for Perf Arts at LIU's downtown Brooklyn Campus on Flatbush Ave. b/w DeKalb & Willoughby
The event is free and it's a celebration of Our hair in music, dance, dialogue, film and style featuring
Melba Toliver--the first Black person to anchor a network TV news show, and then banned from the TV studio where she worked for wearing an Afro to cover a story at the White House!
Kathe Sandler
Camille Yarbrough
Majora Carter, environmental activist
Rev. Malika Lee Whitley
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, actress, comedian, writer
Mireille Long-A-Kong
Farah Jasmine Griffith, professor and writer
Ademola Mandella, founder of Locks n Chops salon
asha bandele, author of the Prisoners Wife and other books
Michaela Angela Davis, editor and activist
Dominique Morrisseau, playright and actress
Fatima Friday
Mten Halsey
For RSVPs contact Khamit Kinks at 718 422 2600
headsuphairitage.com
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