Best-selling author Nathan McCall will speak in Asheville at 7 p.m. Friday, April 23 at the YMI Cultural Center. He’s the author of Makes Me Wanna Holler and Them, about gentrification in the Old Fourth Ward community in Atlanta.
McCall studied journalism at Norfolk State University and reported for the Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution before moving to The Washington Post in 1989. He has dedicated his career to improving race relations in the United States.
In his first book, Makes Me Wanna Holler, McCall provides a detailed
story of his life and the hardships he experienced growing up with
racial profiling, class differences, and peer pressure. His second book,
What’s Going On, used personal essays to discuss such larger issues as
social, cultural, and political tensions that affect the modern day
United States. Today he continues to write and holds the post of
lecturer in the Department of African American Studies at Emory
University in Atlanta, Georgia.
McCall’s novel Them deals with the issues of gentrification in an
Atlanta neighborhood. Them tells the story of Barlowe Reed, a single,
forty-something African American man, who has to come to terms with the
gentrification of his neighborhood, and in particular the influx of
white people to the area.
Arts & EntertainmentInternational Ambassador of Hip-Hop, Rennie Harris PuremovementWednesday, 11 January 2012
The preeminent hip-hop dance company in the world, Rennie Harris Puremovement brings pure, contagious stage magic to Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, February 23-24, 2012.
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Arts & EntertainmentWin Tickets to the Rennie Harris Puremovement performanceTuesday, 10 January 2012
For Local Middle School or High School Students Only
Question: Please tell us in 200 words or less why Hip-Hop should be considered an art form. Your essay will be judged by the staff of the Urban News, and featured in the February edition, along with your picture. The... + Full Story
Our TownThe People’s Scholar, Dr. Boyce Watkins, to Keynote Prayer BreakfastWednesday, 11 January 2012
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Association of Asheville & Buncombe County announced that Dr. Boyce Watkins will give the keynote address at the 31st annual Prayer Breakfast honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The breakfast will be the highlight of a series of events from Wednesday,... + Full Story
Our TownGetting to Diversity, Inclusion, and Cultural Competence in Multicultural EnvironmentsWednesday, 11 January 2012
by Don C. Locke
Why “getting to?” Every organization is dynamic in terms of diversity and inclusion. Every organization is in the process of becoming diverse and inclusive. If we really believe in the importance of all people and groups, then every organization has room to... + Full Story
CommunitiesMLK Week Events & CelebrationsWednesday, 11 January 2012
31st Annual Prayer Breakfast - 8:30 a.m.
The Prayer Breakfast begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Grand
Ballroom of the historic Grove Park Inn & Resort at 290 Macon
Avenue. Guest speaker Dr. Boyce Watkins will be joined by the Unity
& Fellowship Choir and other distinguished guests.... + Full Story
