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SUMMARY:Historically Black Phrases Live!
LOCATION:Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library\nMartin
  Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library
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DESCRIPTION:Back by popular demand\, NAACP award winning Authors jarrett h
 ill & Tre’vell Anderson kick off Black History Month with Black His
 tory and Pop Culture game show you didn’t know you needed. .\nhttps
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Dive into moments that shaped culture\, la
 ugh at the moments you&rsquo\;d almost forgotten\, and play along for the 
 chance to win! This year a special category will shine a light on The Negr
 o Motorist Green Book. Plus\, some of your local faves will be joining to 
 play along on stage\, too.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>For reasonable accommodations\, 
 please contact the Center for Accessibility at 202-727-2142 or DCPLaccess@
 dc.gov. For ASL or tactile interpretation\, please allow at least seven (7
 ) days notice.</p>\n<p><strong>This program is supported by the DC Public 
 Library Foundation.</strong></p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/
 frontend-images/editor/dclibrary/DCPLF_Logo_RGB__Full_Color__1___1_.png" w
 idth="200" height="200" alt="" style="float: right\; margin: 0px 0px 20px 
 20px\;" />The DC Public Library Foundation partners with the DC Public Lib
 rary to enhance Washington\, DC&rsquo\;s public libraries\, bringing priva
 te philanthropy together with government support to ensure that our librar
 ies deliver the highest quality of service to the District&rsquo\;s reside
 nts. With the help of many generous people\, the Foundation provides educa
 tional programs for children and youth\, workforce development training\, 
 cultural events\, and collection enhancements for DC&rsquo\;s libraries.</
 p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<h3>About the Hosts</h3>\n<p><img src="http
 s://static.libnet.info/frontend-images/editor/dclibrary/Anderson_Author_Ph
 oto__c__Ray_Love__Jr_January_2023_Medium.jpeg" width="300" height="450" al
 t="" style="float: left\; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px\;" /></p>\n<p><strong>
 Tre'vell Anderson</strong> (they/them) is an award-winning journalist\, no
 ted podcast host\, and authoress doing world-changing work around society 
 and culture. Named to Out&nbsp\;magazine&rsquo\;s 2023 list of the 100 mos
 t impactful LGBTQ+ people and The Root&rsquo\;s 2020 list of the 100 most 
 influential African Americans\, they have dedicated their career to center
 ing those in the margins\, gray spaces\, and at the intersections of life.
  Founder and Chief Imagination Officer of the social curation and media pr
 oduction house Slayzhon\, Tre&rsquo\;vell is also the authoress of &ldquo\
 ;We See Each Other: A Black\, Trans Journey Through TV and Film&rdquo\; an
 d co-authoress of the NAACP Image Award-winning &ldquo\;Historically Black
  Phrases: From &lsquo\;I Ain&rsquo\;t One Of Your Lil&rsquo\; Friends&rsqu
 o\; to &lsquo\;Who All Gon&rsquo\; Be There?&rsquo\;&rdquo\;</p>\n<p>A rec
 ognizable voice in audio storytelling\, Tre&rsquo\;vell hosted the award-w
 inning shows &ldquo\;FANTI&rdquo\; (Maximum Fun) and &ldquo\;What A Day&rd
 quo\; (Crooked Media). Under the banner of Slayzhon\, they also hosted and
  produced the limited series podcasts &ldquo\;We See Each Other: The Podca
 st\,&rdquo\; based on their debut book\, and &ldquo\;The Official Rustin P
 odcast\,&rdquo\; in partnership with Netflix.</p>\n<p>Formerly Editor-At-L
 arge for Xtra magazine and Director of Culture and Entertainment at Out ma
 gazine\, Tre'vell got their start in journalism at the Los Angeles Times w
 here they created the beat of diversity in Hollywood with a focus on Black
  and queer film. Over the course of their career\, they've covered every m
 ajor red carpet in Hollywood and interviewed everyone from Viola Davis to 
 Lil Nas X and Laverne Cox to Andr&eacute\; Leon Talley. Their work&mdash\;
 which has graced the pages of Essence\, TIME and Entertainment Weekly\, am
 ong others&mdash\;has been recognized by the Online News Association\, Nat
 ional Association of Black Journalists\, the Shorty Awards\, and the Los A
 ngeles Press Club among others.</p>\n<p>A native of Charleston\, SC\, Tre'
 vell received their Bachelor's degree in sociology from &ldquo\;the nation
 's headquarters for Black male excellence\,&rdquo\; Morehouse College. A y
 ear later\, they earned their Master's degree in journalism from Stanford 
 University. In 2018\, they received the &ldquo\;Passing the Torch Award&rd
 quo\; from Better Brothers Los Angeles for their work in media and represe
 nting the LGBTQ+ community. In 2019\, they were recognized as one of Empow
 erment Congress&rsquo\;s &ldquo\;40 Under 40.&rdquo\; In 2021\, they recei
 ved the Lisa Ben Award for Achievement in Features Coverage from NLGJA: Th
 e LGBTQ+ Journalists Assn.</p>\n<p>A well sought-after moderator and comme
 ntator\, Tre&rsquo\;vell has appeared on Good Morning America\, MSNBC\, NP
 R\, NBC Nightly New\, and Entertainment Tonight Live as well as in the Net
 flix documentary &ldquo\;Disclosure.&rdquo\; They are also featured in the
  National Museum of African American History and Culture&rsquo\;s first fe
 ature-length doc\, &ldquo\;gOD-Talk: Reimagining Faith in the 21st Century
 .&rdquo\;</p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p><img src="https://static.libnet.info/f
 rontend-images/editor/dclibrary/jarrett_hill_cred_glauz-diego_B__full__Med
 ium.jpeg" width="300" height="387" alt="" style="float: left\; margin: 0px
  20px 20px 0px\;" /></p>\n<p>An award-winning journalist and artist\, <str
 ong>jarrett hill</strong> has contributed to The New York Times\, Variety\
 , NBC News\, CNN International\, and Channel Q\, among other publications.
 &nbsp\;</p>\n<p><br />As founder of trblmkng.\, hill produces work as a cr
 eative artist\, standup comic\, speaker\, host\, media trainer and consult
 ant. Previously\, jarrett served two terms as president of the National As
 sociation of Black Journalists of Los Angeles (NABJLA) and is an adjunct p
 rofessor at the University of Southern California&rsquo\;s Annenberg Schoo
 l of Communication and Journalism. jarrett co-hosted FANTI\, with Tre&rsqu
 o\;vell Anderson\, one of Apple Podcasts&rsquo\; &ldquo\;Best of 2020.&rdq
 uo\; The pair co-authored the NAACP Image Award-winning book Historically 
 Black Phrases: From &ldquo\;I Ain&rsquo\;t One of Your Lil&rsquo\; Friends
  to Who All Gon&rsquo\; Be There? for Ten Speed Press at Penguin Random Ho
 use.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><br />Currently\, jarrett is a graduate student at Har
 vard Divinity School\, getting a Master of Religion &amp\; Public Life\, f
 ocused on serving the Black queer &amp\; trans community that has grown ou
 t of the Black church tradition.</p>\n<h3></h3>\n<h3></h3>\n<h3></h3>\n<h3
 ></h3>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<p></p>\n<h4>ABOUT <a href="https://catalog.dcli
 brary.org/client/en_US/dcpl/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002
 f0$002fSD_ILS:1237371/one?qu=historically+black+phrases">HISTORICALLY BLAC
 K PHRASES</a></h4>\n<p><br />A fun and thoughtful dictionary of Black lang
 uage you didn&rsquo\;t know you needed\, <a href="https://catalog.dclibrar
 y.org/client/en_US/dcpl/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$0
 02fSD_ILS:1237371/one?qu=historically+black+phrases"><strong>Historically 
 Black Phrases</strong></a> is a love letter to the Black community and the
  ways it drives culture.<br />Black vernacular doesn&rsquo\;t often get it
 s due&mdash\;despite its enormous influence on mainstream culture&mdash\;b
 ut Historically Black Phrases is here to give Black language its flowers.&
 nbsp\;A celebration of more than two hundred staples of Black conversation
 &mdash\;from church sayings and units of measure to compliments and reprim
 ands&mdash\;this sharp and witty guide explores the unique importance of B
 lack expression and communication. Historically Black Phrases offers defin
 itions and notable pop culture moments\, as well as tips on pronunciation 
 and usage of phrases like &ldquo\;feelin&rsquo\; yourself\,&rdquo\; &ldquo
 \;don&rsquo\;t get it twisted\,&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;pop off.&rdquo\; In ad
 dition to the phrases\, short essays offer insight on different facets of 
 Black language from scholars\, entertainers\, and pop culture commentators
  (i.e.\, everybody and they mama).&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Authors\, journalists\, 
 and hosts of the award-winning podcast FANTI\, jarrett hill and Tre&rsquo\
 ;vell Anderson examine each phrase with humor and cultural precision\, mak
 ing Historically Black Phrases a vital ode to how Black language influence
 s the world.</p>\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/12723800
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