Black and Male in America: A Town Hall Event

The OSI Campaign for Black Male Achievement presented this town hall event, moderated by CNN’s Soledad O’Brien, celebrating the launch of The Black Male Handbook: A Blueprint for Life (Atria), edited by acclaimed author and community activist Kevin Powell. Powell and a panel featuring a number of the book’s contributors discussed the spiritual, mental, and physical components of being a black male in America.

The Black Male Handbook features essays by influential black male educators, activists, and correspondents, including writer and award-winning documentary filmmaker Byron Hurt, actor and author Hill Harper, and author and educator Dr. William Jelani Cobb.

Panelists

• Soledad O'Brien, CNN reporter, recently recognized for the series CNN Presents: Black in America
• Kevin Powell, editor, The Black Male Handbook
• Contributors to The Black Male Handbook, including Michael Scott Jones, Lasana Omar Hotep, Jeff Johnson, Byron Hurt, Ryan Mack, Kendrick B. Nathaniel, Dr. Andrae L. Brown, and Dr. William Jelani Cobb

Location

Lafayette Presbyterian Church
85 South Oxford Street
Fort Greene (Brooklyn)
New York