NUBIAN KNIGHTS NETWORK: The Tenth National Black Writers' Conference Thur. March 25th - Sunday, March 28th, 2010 At Medgar Evers College, CUNY Brooklyn, NY

QUOTATIONS OF "BLACK"

"Whenever I use BLACK it relates to some history of Africans in that particular place. It’s the idea of the color BLACK as a metaphor, or as a representation of African-Americans. It’s the notion of BLACK- BLACKNESS - and all its other meanings in relation to the history of race..."

- Fred Wilson

"Most of my fortitude to continue doing the work comes from the moral outrage I feel about the injustices that Black people endure disproportionately daily."

- N. Abdul-Wakil

"In the end, what matters is not skin shade but pan-African consciousness. Loving your complexion, your nose, lips, hair length and texture, no matter what the politics or trends decide, and simply be. That's the problem with us (African folks). We're still learning how to love ourselves. So used to glorifying others and putting others first..."

- Dredlocks Tree

The Tenth
National Black Writers Conference
Thursday, March 25th to Sunday, March 28th, 2010
On the Medgar Evers College Campus - Brooklyn, New York
Telephone: 718-270-4811 - Fax: 718-270-6918
nbwc[at]mec.cuny.edu
www.mec.cuny.edu/nationalblackwritersconference