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Roots and Flowers: The Life of Marta Terry González

Author Discussion with Dr. Abdul Alkalimat

Dive into Black Studies with former UT Africana Studies chair Dr. Abdul Alkalimat as he discusses his book on Afro-Cuban librarian Marta Terry González. Traditional Cuban fare will be served.

The Art Tatum African American Resource Center is proud to partner with Dr. Abdul Alkalimat to discuss his book Roots and Flowers: The Life and Work of Afro-Cuban Librarian Marta Terry González. Hear about Afro-Cubans in 20th-century life and history and emergent librarianship during the Cuban Revolution. Cuban fare by Carlos Poco Loco will be served.

About the program speaker:

Abdul Alkalimat (Gerald A. McWorter) is a founder of the field of Black Studies and author of many books and papers about Black liberation.  He wrote the first college textbook for the field, Introduction to Afro-American Studies, which has seen seven editions, the last one free and online. A lifelong scholar-activist with a PhD from the University of Chicago, he has lectured, taught, and directed academic programs across the US, the Caribbean, Africa, Europe, and China. Two of his early contributions were serving as chair of the Chicago chapter of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and co-founding the Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC) in 1967. He is now professor emeritus of African American Studies and Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Much of his work is freely available at http://www.alkalimat.org.