ASSATA SPEAKS Black History Special Edition: An evening with Professor Mahmoud El-Kati

ARE YOU READY TO BECOME A CHANGE AGENT? WANNA BE INSPIRED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? THEN JOIN US FOR OUR EXCITING BLACK HISTORY SPECIAL EDITION: AN EVENING WITH PROFESSOR MAHMOUD EL-KATI. *** Music provided by D.J. SciPreme, Spoken Word performed by Kennedy Paounds and Laquaan Malichi. MEETS THIS MONTH'S HONORED SPEAKER: MAHMOUD EL-KATI is a lecturer, writer, and commentator on the African American experience. He specializes in African American history and advocates institution building within cultural communities. He is an advocate of building ones humanity through the understanding of their culture, history and community. He currently lives in the Rondo neighborhood, St. Paul’s historic Black community. El-Kati, Professor Emeritus of history at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. Macalester College has established the Mahmoud El-Kati Distinguished Lectureship in American Studies in recognition of his scholarly and community work. This endowment is used to bring distinguished scholars to Macalester for an extended engagement that includes public presentations, classroom appearances and conversations with students, faculty and the local community. El-Kati as a writer has written articles, essays, and reviews that deal with a variety of issues including the myth of “race,” Ebonics, gangs and Black youth, education, African Americans, sports, and other issues. They have appeared in several newspapers and publications including the New York Times, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Insight News, The MN Spokesman-Recorder, and The Nigerian Times. As a published author, he has written such books as Politically Considered: 50th Commemoration of the Supreme Court Decision of 1954 and The Hiptionary: A Survey of African American Speech Patterns with Critical Commentary and A Digest of Key Words and Phrases and his latest Haiti: The Hidden Truth. He is a frequent commentator through a variety of mass media outlets locally and nationally. He is a regular columnist for Insight News, a Twin Cities newspaper. He is a consistent commentator for the local radio stations KFAI and KMOJ. El-Kati hosts a weekly public affairs radio show called “Reflections and Connections” on KMOJ radio in the Northside of Minneapolis. He also moderates a monthly viewing and discussion on various Black classic films at the Fourth Fridays at the Movies held at Golden Thyme Cafe in St. Paul. -------------------------