Emmett Till Film and Dr. Garvey on American Terror

On Sunday, September 15, from 3PM to 5PM the New York Chapter of the National Association of Kawaida Organizations (NAKO) in conjunction with the International African Arts Festival (IAAFestival) will host its community education forum to mark four historical events: 1. The 1619 arrivals of indentured Africans in Ft. Monroe/Jamestown, Virginia; 2. the 1919 Red Summer in which hundreds of African Americans were killed in white rioting and racist violence; 3. the launching of the Black Star Line by Marcus Mosiah Garvey that same year, and; 4. the 64th anniversary of the Emmett Till murder and trial (1955). The program, entitled, Response and Remedy to Centuries of American Terror: Struggle, will feature an Emmett Till film and special guest speaker Dr. Julius Garvey, the son of the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey.

The 1619 arrival of 20 Africans from Angola marks the beginning of African enslavement in the newly formed British colonies would soon transition from indentured servitude of multiple peoples (Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans) to a system based and dependent solely on enslaved African labor. 1919 was named Red Summer because of the racist violence against African people trying to exert themselves as human beings and US citizens. It was this same year that the recently arrived Pan African Jamaican Marcus Garvey launched his Black Star shipping line.

The newly form Bureau of Investigation (later the Federal Bureau of Investigation-FBI) under the leadership of an obsessive young J. Edgar Hoover, who started and built his career on bringing down Garvey, would use two of the $5.00 shares Garvey sold to get the shipping company started to indict, convict and deport him. All of these topics will be discussed at the program.

The September 15th event will take place in the Multipurpose Room of Restoration Plaza, 1368 Fulton Street in Brooklyn, New York. A minimum fee of $10. Is requested. For Info: 718-789-3264 / 638-6700 nakoinfogroup@yahoo.com