Spring 2018 Common Read Events
Ta-Nehisi Coates at MCC-Penn Valley Campus
The 2019-2020 Common Read author Ta-Nehisi Coates will speak and answer students' questions.
Friday, April 26, at 10:00-11:00 a.m. in EC 019.
This is part of Mr. Coates' Kansas City area tour. The rest of his tour engagements are as follows:
April 25 at 12:30 p.m.- Arts & Heritage Center- Conversation with authors Ta-Nehisi Coates, Tanner Colby, and Jacqueline Woodson for Johnson County Library Race Project students
April 25 at 6:30 p.m.- Washburn University- Conversation with authors Ta-Nehisi Coates and Tanner Colby, hosted by Brown V. Board
Black Panther
Watch the new Marvel Black Panther movie in ST101
Wednesday, January 23
Thursday, January 24
Legacy
MCC-Penn Valley History Professor Lyle Gibson will screen his documentary about the Black Panthers in Kansas City.
Thursday, February 14 at 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
ST101
Arie Monroe
Kansas City-based comic artist Arie Monroe will discuss the role of African-Americans in comics, and will share her story from her perspective as a female African-American comic artist.
Thursday, February 28 at 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
EC006
Michael Brown
Graphic novel author and MCC Board member Michael Brown will discuss the work that goes into creating a graphic novel, and the similar topics between his own works and Ta-Nehisi Coates' Black Panther.
Wednesday, March 27, at 1:00 p.m.
EC006/007
