S25-32 The Humanity of James Baldwin's Work
Class | Registration opens 3/3/2025 9:00 AM
Born on Aug. 2, 1924, James Baldwin produced an extensive body of work which includes essays, speeches, plays, poetry, short stories, and novels. In those works, he fearlessly tackles racial and social issues and offers profound insights into the Black American experience in the 20th Century. In this course, we will review, discuss and critique several of Baldwin's essays and short stories and examine what those works have to say about the life of Black Americans.
IfeMichelle Gardin
IfeMichelle Gardin is Executive Director of KulturallyLIT, a LITerary Arts organization founded in 2019 to enhance awareness of the Arts of the African Diaspora, focused on the LITerary Arts. KulturallyLIT produces an annual LITFest, which in 2024 commemoratted the literary legacy of iconic American Author James Baldwin and DiasporaCON, a conference focused on opportunities in the Comic Book and Graphic Novel industry.
IfeMichelle serves on the New Haven Cultural Affairs Commission, Board of Directors for Collective Consciousness Theater and The Greater New Haven African American Historical Society.
IfeMichelle is a Group Facilitator for the Community Foundation of Greater New Haven’s Neighborhood Leadership Program and Launch Consultants CT
https://www.kulturallylit.org