Tuesday, August 19, 2014

8/18/14 A Tribute to James Baldwin and Bayard Rustin


Lionel Thomas, Executive Director of the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities and Cynthia Brock-Smith. Secretary of the District of Columbia welcome the audience at the Lincoln Theater on U Street NW to a program commemorating the life and work of Bayard Rustin and James Baldwin August 18th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

The group Reverb sings an inspiring Star Spangled Banner as peaceful protesters march on the stage at the Lincoln Theater on U Street, to commemorate the life and works of James Baldwin and Bayard Rustin August 18th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia


Image of a young Bayard Rustin is part of a movie and dramatic presentation at the Lincoln Theater on U Street NW to commemorate the life and work of the civil rights leader August 18, 2014.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

Image of a young James Baldwin is part of a movie and dramatic presentation at the Lincoln Theater on U Street NW to commemorate the life and literary work of the brilliant writer August 18, 2014.  /Photo by Nancy Shia
Princess Mhoon Cooper performs to A Motherless Child at a commemoration program for James Baldwin and Bayard Rustin at the Lincoln Theater August 18th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 
 An image of James Baldwin the minister is part of a movie and dramatic presentation at the Lincoln Theater on U Street NW commemorating the life and literary work of  the brilliant writer August 18, 2014.  /Photo by Nancy Shia
Keith Snipes reads an excerpt from James Baldwin’s Nobody Knows My Name at a program at the Lincoln Theater on U Street NW commemorating the lives and work of James Baldwin and Bayard Rustin.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 
 A string player with SynchroniCity performs Go Down Moses at a program commemorating the lives and work of Bayard Rustin and James Baldin at the Lincoln Theater August 18th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia
 A drummer performs with SynchroniCity at a program commemorating the lives and work of Bayard Rustin and James Baldin at the Lincoln Theater August 18th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia
A cellist with SynchroniCity performs Go Down Moses at a program commemorating the lives and work of Bayard Rustin and James Baldin at the Lincoln Theater August 18th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia



Two members of SynchroniCity musical group perform Go Down Moses at a program commemorating the lives and work of Bayard Rustin and James Baldin at the Lincoln Theater August 18th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia










Members of SynchroniCity musical group perform Go Down Moses while an image of Joan Baez is shown on a screen at a program commemorating the lives and work of Bayard Rustin and James Baldin at the Lincoln Theater August 18th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia
An image of Bayard Rustin is part of a movie and dramatic presentation at the Lincoln Theater on U Street NW to commemorate the life and work of the civil rights leader August 18, 2014.  /Photo by Nancy Shia  




                               

                                                                                               Russell Lyles plays Someday We’ll All Be Free on his saxophone Moses at a program commemorating the lives and work of Bayard Rustin and James Baldin at the Lincoln Theater August 18th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia
The performers and musicians take the stage at the end of  a program commemorating the lives and work of Bayard Rustin and James Baldin at the Lincoln Theater August 18th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia



The panel at the a program commemorating the lives and work of Bayard Rustin and James Baldin at the Lincoln Theater August 18th   includes moderator Denise Rolark Barnes, Publisher of the Washington Informer, Cynthia Brock-Smith, Chair of DC Commission on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, Kevin Brown, Director of James Baldwin Literary Society and Mandy Carter, Co-Founder of Southerners on New Ground.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

Kevin Brown, Director of the James Baldwin Literary Society, is a panel member at the program a program commemorating the lives and work of Bayard Rustin and James Baldin at the Lincoln Theater August 18th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia



Mandy Carter, Co-Founder of Southerners on New Ground is a panel member at the program a program commemorating the lives and work of Bayard Rustin and James Baldin at the Lincoln Theater August 18th.  /Photo by Nancy


Moderator Denise Rolark Brown listens to the panel at the program a program commemorating the lives and work of Bayard Rustin and James Baldwin at the Lincoln Theater August 18th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia 

Cynthia Brock-Smith, Secretary of the District of Columbia, responds to a question as a panel member at the program a program commemorating the lives and work of Bayard Rustin and James Baldwin at the Lincoln Theater August 18th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia  

A painting of James Baldwin is part of the program commemorating the lives and work of Bayard Rustin and James Baldwin at the Lincoln Theater August 18th.  /Photo by Nancy Shia  

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