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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New York
Kerry Washington and others
The Apollo’s Inaugural Festival of Arts & Ideas
253 W 125th Street
Fri, Oct 6-Sun, Oct 8, $
African Affairs
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Art
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
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
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International
International Writers' Workshop // Black Writers' Wellness Check In
Toronto Urban Book Expo
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)
Arlington, VA
The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America
National Convention
Crystal Gateway Marriott
Wed, Oct. 11, Sat, Oct. 14
Consumer Info
The PACT Act and your VA benefits
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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
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Cooking
Washington
Congo Cravings: Chicken Mwamba, Sweet Plantains, & Fufu
The Hill Center
921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Thu, Oct 12, 6p-8:30, $69
Exhibits
Philadelphia Pool: A Social History of Segregation?
The Fairmount Water Works
640 Water Works Drive
Philadelphia, PA
through Sat, Oct 28, free
Events
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
Thomasville, GA
5th Annual Jack Hadley Black History Museum Gala
1200 W Jackson Street
Nov 4, 6:30p, $100
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
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Houston
Root Memorial Square Park
1400 Clay Street
Oct 7, 3p-10p
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
Frederick Douglass Family Day
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
1141 W Street, SE
Sat, Oct 14, 11a
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, $
