On the N-word: "I believe the word is our reparation."

Description

Recorded on Saturday, June 17, 2017. Visual artist, Beau McCall and "the muse" LaNora Williams-Clark discuss growing up in public housing, the N-word, beauty standards, cultural appropriation, race and social justice in America. About "The Conversation" Who gets to have a seat at the table in America? It’s a question Langston Hughes addressed in his poem, “I, Too.” Now 50 years later since the transition of Hughes, visual artist, Beau McCall presents, "The Conversation." Join McCall, at his button embellished dining room table, in The Langston Hughes House, for an oral history recording of what it means to be an American. In partnership with StoryCorps, the recordings will be archived at the Library of Congress and/or the Smithsonian's National Museum of African-American History and Culture. ​ Curated by Souleo, and presented in in conjunction with "Uptown," a new triennial surveying the work of artists who live or practice north of 99th Street, an initiative of the Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University’s new Lenfest Center for the Arts.​

Participants

• Beau McCall
  

Interview By

• Beau McCall: Buttons On! Curated by Souleo