Oppenheimer, The Missing Blacks, and The Bomb with Historian CR Gibbs
The movie purports to show a critical time in the life of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. In one of the greatest scientific efforts during WW II, the Manhattan Project marshalled the efforts of over 200,000 scientists, technicians, and workers and helped win the war by dropping two nuclear bombs on Japan.
Was the only Black in the movie the only one in real life involved with the project? Who was he and what did he do? To answer these and other questions about Blacks and the bomb, we have as our guest, author, lecturer, popular Port of Harlem contributor, and historian of the African diaspora, C.R. Gibbs.
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Conferences
New York
Muslims for Progressive Values 2023 Conference Day
Union Theological Seminary
3041 Broadway
Sat, Sep 30, 9a-5p, $
African Affairs
With the generous support of Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Wilson Center Africa Program launched Africa Up Close in 2013 with the aim of raising awareness and understanding about Africa, analyzing key issues in US-Africa relations, and generating ideas and options for addressing challenges and opportunities in Africa.
Art
North Beach, MD
Artworks@7th Gallery
8905 Cheaspeake Avenue (at 2nd Street)
Opening reception: Sat, Sep 2, 1p-4p.
Sat. Sep 2-Fri, Sep 29
Karen Jenkins's "Sophie Redmond" from "From These Shores" at the Juffureh Slavery Museum - The Gambia, included
San Francisco
Kehinde Wiley: An Archaeology of Silence
de Young
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
now until-Oct 15, $
Danville, CA
Paper Trails
Village Theater & Art Gallery
233 Front St
Sat, Aug 26–Fri, Oct 20
Washington, DC
The Oracle said Be Still
International Arts and Artists at Hillyer
9 Hillyer Ct NW,
Fri, Oct 6-Sun, Oct 29
Opening Oct 6, 6p
Business
Conscious Capitalism
How a Guaranteed Income Pilot Program is Helping Some in Gary, Indiana
PBS NewsHour
The 5 Reasons Why The "United States Of AFRICA" May Fail
Conferences
New York
Muslims for Progressive Values 2023 Conference Day
Union Theological Seminary 3041 Broadway
Sat, Sep 30, 9a-5p, $
Chicago
24th Annual Calumet Heritage Conference
The Field Museum
1400 S DuSable Lake Shore Dr
Sat, Oct 7, 9a-3:30p, $50, $30 student
(includes breakfast and lunch)
The PACT Act and your VA benefits
( The PACT Act is a new law that expands VA health care and benefits for Veterans exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange, and other toxic substances.)
Election 2022
How Close Were House Races? A Few Thousand Votes Could Have Swung Control
Events
Nairobi
The All-White Party
Nairobi Street Kitchen
Sep 22, 5p
New York
Kerry Washington and others
The Apollo’s Inaugural Festival of Arts & Ideas
253 W 125th Street
Fri, Oct 6-Sun, Oct 8, $
Richmond, VA
The 2nd Street Festival
Historic Jackson Ward
Sat, Oct 7-Sun, Oct 8
New York
The Apollo?s Inaugural Festival of Arts & Ideas
253 West 125th Street
Fri, Oct 6-Sun, Oct 8
Richmond, VA
The Richmond Folk Festival
Downtown Richmond’s riverfront
Fri, Oct 13-Sun, Oct 15
London
Dr Makaziwe Mandela
Black History Month Speaker
Descendants & Destiny
Thu, Oct 19, 7:30p
Philadelphia
Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia
101 South Third Street
Philadelphia
now until Sun, Nov 26
Macon, GA
Tyler Perry Exhibition
Tubman Museum
310 Cherry Street
Now until Feb 2025
Festivals
Washington, DC
Children’s Africana Books Awards Ceremony and Festival
Martin Luther King Jr Library
901 G Street, NW
Sat, Oct 14, 11a-3p, free
A United Kingdom (released Nov 26)
History vs. Hollywood Findings
Brufut, The Gambia
Afrobeacitie Festival Gambia
Brufut Beach
Fri, Dec 15- Mon, Dec 18, 1p-4:30a, $
Film
Berlin
Black International Cinema Berlin
"Footprints in the Sand?" Exhibition Berlin 2023
Thu, Nov 23-Mon, Nov 27, Dec 7- Dec 11
Online Supa Team 4 Netflix (Netflix's first African animation)
Health
19th Annual African American Prostate Cancer Disparity Summit (Online)
Patient Stories and Lessons Learned in the Fight Against Prostate Cancer, and Recognizing PHEN Champions
Session IV: Wed, Sep 27, 1p
Bakau, Kanifing Municipality, The Gambia
Walk4Health-The Gambia
Every Sat, 7:30a
Independence Stadium
