November 7th 'Left of Black' Examines the #Occupy Movement

November 7th 'Left of Black' Examinesthe #Occupy Movement
Host  and Duke UniversityProfessor Mark Anthony Neal isjoined via Skype© by Vijay Prashad, George and Martha Kellner Chair in South AsianHistory and Professor of International Studies at Trinity College and author of the recent awardwinning book The Darker Nations: A People's History of the ThirdWorld (The New Press, paperback2008).  Neal and Prashad, discussthe impact of the #Occupy Movement and what role Left academics andintellectuals have to play in the movement.Later Neal is joined by Leyla Farah, author of BlackGifted and Gay which profiles thelives and accomplishments of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT)community's living icons—who  justhappen to be of African descent. Farah is a Founding Partner at Cause+Effect,a PR firm focused exclusively on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender(LGBT) community.

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Leftof Black airs at 1:30 p.m. (EST) on Mondays on Duke's Ustream channel: ustream.tv/dukeuniversity.Viewers are invited to participate in a Twitter conversation with Neal andfeatured guests while the show airs using hash tags #LeftofBlack or#dukelive. 
Left of Black is recorded and produced at the John Hope Franklin Center of International and InterdisciplinaryStudies at Duke University.
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