Of
Riots and Resistance
Eddie Conway’s Memoir & Book Release
Thu Sep 23
7pm. $12, $10 students, seniors, CA members.
Advance tix recommended.
410-276-1651
Creative Alliance at The Patterson
3134 Eastern Avenue Baltimore 21224
Political
prisoner and former Black Panther Eddie Conway’s memoir, Marshall Law,
comes out this winter and his non-fiction book unearthing the U.S. COINTELPRO
program was just published, along with a new compilation of his interviews.
Tonight Bashi Rose, Rain Pryor, Marc Steiner, Mama Kay of WombWork Productions,
read excerpts from Conway’s memoir. Marshall “Eddie” Conway is a former member
the Baltimore Black Panther Party. In 1969, he uncovered evidence of the FBI’s
infiltration of the Panthers as a part of the COINTELPRO initiative, and found
himself locked away, just one year later, convicted of a murder he did not
commit. Currently in his fortieth year of incarceration in a State of Maryland
correctional facility, he has played a leading role in a variety of prisoner
support initiatives, including the formation of the Maryland chapter of the
United Prisoner’s Labor Union, and the ACLU’s Prison Committee to Correct
Prison Conditions. His memoir consists of four decades of memories experienced
within the Maryland prison system. Some selections from the book are
beautifully poetic, while others depict the violence of imprisonment and the
parallels to slavery.
Guest
performances include drumming of Street Delegates, and original hip-hop by The Dri Fish of THE
5th L. An audience Q&A with Conway via
phone follows. All three books are on sale to benefit Conway’s defense fund.
Additionally, a selection of Emory Douglass prints will be on exhibit and for
sale. Douglass worked as the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther
Party from 1967 until the Party disbanded in the 1980s, and his graphic art has
become an iconic representation of the struggles of the Party.
--
A revolution now cannot be confined to the place or people where it may
commence, but flashes with lightning speed from heart to heart, from land to
land, til it has traversed the globe ...
--Frederick Douglass
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