A Conversation with Kwame S. Brathwaite, Tanisha Ford, and Larry Ossei-Mensah

In celebration of Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite, enjoy a virtual conversation with Kwame S. Brathwaite, Tanisha Ford, and Larry Ossei-Mensah. Watch from the comfort of your own home on Facebook Live. 

Introduction 

• Dr. Catherine Walworth, CMA curator

Host

• Dr. Nancy Tolson, CMA docent and commissioner, and assistant director of African American Studies at UofSC

Panelists

• Kwame S. Brathwaite — son of photographer Kwame Brathwaite and Director of the Kwame Brathwaite Archive
• Dr. Tanisha Ford — writer, cultural critic, and community historian; author of the Black Is Beautiful catalogue
• Larry Ossei-Mensah — former Susanne Feld Hilberry Senior Curator at Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), co-founder of ARTNOIR

^{Image above: Kwame Brathwaite, Marcus Garvey Day Parade, Harlem, ca. 1967; from Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful (Aperture, 2019) © Kwame Brathwaite. Courtesy the artist and Philip Martin Gallery, Los Angeles.}