The Legends: Walter Mosley, Faith Childs, Malaika Adero & W. Paul Coates

The March On Festival is an annual Civil Rights Legacy Project that has traditionally taken place in various locations across Washington, D.C. It offers film screenings, an emerging and student filmmaker competition, various award ceremonies, performances of the arts, exhibits and panel discussions featuring filmmakers, academics, and activists.

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Listen in on a stimulating conversation with pioneers and creative lights in the contemporary literary world.

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Listen in on a stimulating dialogue with these pioneers, creative lights and longtime colleagues in the contemporary publishing world, from writers and agents, to editors and publishers.Panelists:<ul><li>Walter Mosley, prolific author of over 50 crime fiction, novels, and non-fiction books including his newest Farewell, Amethystine, also Fearless Jones, Every Man A King and The Man In My Basement; and filmed adaptations of his works: Devil in a Blue Dress starring Denzel Washington; Always Outnumbered with Laurence Fishburne, and The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey starring Samuel L. Jackson.</li><li>W. Paul Coates, founder and publisher, Black Classic Press. Started in 1978, BCP is one of the oldest independently owned Black publishing companies operating in the U.S., highlighting original works by Walter Mosley, John Henrik Clark, Josef Ben Yochanon, and reissuing works by Amiri Baraka, J.A. Rogers, W.E.B, DuBois and many more.</li><li>Faith Childs, founder, Faith Childs Literary Agency. Since 1990, this independent, full service agency has represented noted novelists, memoirists, biographers and journalists, including several winners of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, MacArthur Fellowship and more.</li><li>Malaika Adero, founder/ owner, Adero's Literary Tribe, book development LLC; Executive Editor, AUWA Books at Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroud, founded by Ahmir Thompson aka Questlove; author of Up South: Stories, Studies, and Letters of This Century’s African American Migrations; former senior editor, Altria Books/Simon &amp; Schuster.</li></ul>Moderator:<ul><li>Jamal Simmons, podcast creator and co-host, TrailBlaze; CNN Political Commentator</li></ul>

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