The Gotham Center welcomes four authors—whose subjects range from Harry Belafonte, to the ’60s-’70s PBS show Soul!, to women artists in Harlem in the ’40s to black women entertainers and the civil rights movement —for a unique discussion on the history of black entertainment in New York City history. Participants include Judy Smith (UMASS, Boston), author of a forthcoming biography of Harry Belafonte, Gayle Wald (George Washington University), author of a forthcoming book on the TV show "Soul!" Farah Jasmine Griffin (Columbia), author of the recently released Harlem Nocturne, and Ruth Feldstein, (Rutgers, Newark), author of How It Feels to Be Free: Black Women Entertainers and the Civil Rights Movement.

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