Plan Your Attendance
Richard Wright, Paris bookshop, 1956,
Michel Fabre Collection
50th Anniversary of the 1st International Congress of Black Writers and Artists 1956 - 2006
September 19-22, 2006
Co-Sponsored by: CommunautŽ Africaine de Culture;
W. E. B. Du Bois Institute
for African and African American Research, Harvard University; and UNESCO
Location: The Sorbonne and UNESCO
Email: evenements@unesco.org
We hope that you will be able to join us on the historic occasion of the 2006 Congress, which will honor, commemorate, and examine the legacy of the first Congress of Black Writers and Artists which took place in 1956.
An eminent group of intellectuals, writers, and artists will be assembling in Paris for this extraordinary Anniversary. A number of 1956 delegates will be attending our 2006 Congress and will be honored with the Du Bois Medal during the proceedings.
To find out more about the first Congress, click here to read excerpts of the 1956 proceedings.
