When the Hammond House and the Auburn Avenue Research Library looked for a guide for their conversation about black masculinity, they called on Marc Bamuthi Joseph to lead the event. His spoken word librettos have been choreographed by the Atlanta Ballet as well as the legendary Bill T. Jones.
His Ted Global Fellow Talk has almost a million views. Joseph is currently VP and Artistic Director of Social Impact at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
His words speak of the promises of potential, broken and the American dream, evaporated. Yet, his message also contains optimism and humor. His latest work,“The Just and the Blind,” is a spoken word duet with a violinist that addresses what he calls “the prison industrial complex.”
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