#Repost @ilyasahshabazz ☪️👓 Wikipedia has that my 5 sisters and I were born in Queens, but each of us was born at the Brooklyn Jewish Hospital in BK. Happy and honored to participate in this long awaited discussion. Repost from @brooklynmuseum • We’re excited to introduce Brooklyn Reads, a new literary event celebrating new pub releases—many by Brooklyn-based authors. Kicking off the series on May 20, in honor of Malcolm X’s 96th birthday, join author @_marlonpeterson for a virtual discussion about his abolitionist memoir, Bird Uncaged, with writer, educator, and daughter of Malcolm X @ilyasahshabazz. 📚 Bird Uncaged chronicles Peterson’s experience coming of age in Crown Heights, Brooklyn in the 1980s and surviving incarceration. This memoir uncovers the many cages—from daily violence and the trauma of poverty, as well as policing, enforced masculinity, and the brutality of incarceration—created and maintained by American society, and with calls for a radical new vision of justice that shifts from punishment to healing. Free, but please RSVP via link in bio. You can also purchase a copy of Bird Uncaged from our online Shop. Presented in partnership with the @theshabazzcenter. #Brooklyn #NY #WeRead #BrooklynReads https://www.instagram.com/p/COio7woAElA/?igshid=mamqulk9urli
