SANKOFA Reading Group

I want to post links to three discussions I caught on C-SPAN during the Thanksgiving break. The goal of this blog to help broaden horizions and empower people, especially high school and college students.  In addition to exploring great works of literature from Africa and the African Diaspora we will examine issues of
education, empowerment, spirituality, global affairs, economics, civic empowerment, community revitalization and public policy.

Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State, recalls her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama in the 1960's and profiles her parents, John and Angelena. Ms. Rice discusses her memoir with her cousin Constance Rice, co-director of the Advancement Project at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Extraord

A group of emerging young professionals, including some from the Obama administration, talked about building successful careers in politics. This program was part of the 40th Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus.

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/EmergingPo

Angela Davis presents a critical edition of Frederick Douglass' memoir, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - An American Slave Written By Himself. Ms. Davis explores the abolitionists intellectual life and recalls the several other editions of Douglass' memoir. Angela Davis is joined in conversation with Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Toni Morrison at the New York Public Library in New York City.

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/LifeofF