Paul Coates: Black Literary Production--From Propaganda to Publishing

Join us in person for an engaging talk with Paul Coates as he dives into the fascinating journey of Black Classic Press. Discover how it evolved from roots in The George Jackson Pr*son Movement to printing pamplets and later reissuing classic works by J.A. Rogers, Amiri Baraka and W.E.B. DuBois as well as original titles by Walter Mosley and John Henrik Clarke. Don't miss out on exploring this dynamic story up close!

W. Paul Coates is the founder of Black Classic Press and BCP Digital Printing. Black Classic Press, founded in 1978, specializes in republishing obscure and significant works by and about people of African descent. BCP Digital Printing was founded in 1995 as a parallel entity of the Press. A former member of the Black Panther Party, he led the effort to establish the Black Panther Archives at Howard University.

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