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Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair
Celebrating African American literacy, culture and history, the 21st annual Tulisoma South Dallas Book Fair returns to the African American Museum, Dallas in historic Fair Park. Free and open to the public, the family-friendly fair features readings and book signings by nearly 40 African American authors along with workshops, panel discussions, story times and children’s activities throughout the day.
As part of the Tulisoma weekend, Akwete Tyehimbe – owner and CEO of the Pan African Connection Bookstore and Resource Center in Oak Cliff – will receive the Sutton E. Griggs Lifetime Achievement Award in Literature at a reception on Friday (Nov. 7) at 7 p.m. at the African American Museum. Tickets for the dinner are $50 and available at aamdallas.org/events.
The fair culminates with a program at 2 p.m. Saturday featuring Dr. Linda Hall Searight, whose new book chronicles her Grammy Award-winning choir, God’s Property.
Tulisoma – a Swahili word that means “we read” – was founded in 2003 by the late Dallas City Councilmember Leo V. Chaney Jr. and Dr. Harry Robinson Jr., founder and former president and CEO of the African American Museum. The event has since grown into a beloved annual tradition that connects readers with Black authors, publishers and storytellers from across the country.
With numerous authors participating, the family-fun event features author presentations and readings, writing workshops, book signings, panel discussions, kids’ activities and more throughout the day. Workshops will focus on how to get published, writing your own story, and voter suppression. The fair also showcases an incredible range of genres, from children’s books and faith-based works to romance, business and leadership titles, memoirs and historical narratives.
New this year, the weekend kicks off with a youth poetry contest and student writing workshops for more than 100 local middle-school students on Friday, Nov. 7, from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. at the museum.
Season sponsors of the African American Museum, Dallas, are Visit Dallas, City of Dallas’ Office of Arts and Culture and Texas Commission on the Arts.
HOURS. The African American Museum is open Tuesdays through Fridays from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Free self-parking is available in nearby lots.
For more information, go to Tulisomabookfair.org or call 214-565-9026.
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About the African American Museum, Dallas. The African American Museum, Dallas was founded in 1974 as a part of Bishop College. The Museum has operated independently since 1979. For more than 50 years, the African American Museum has stood as a cultural beacon in Dallas and the Southwestern United States. Located in Dallas’ historic Fair Park, the African American Museum is the only museum in the Southwestern United States devoted to the collection, preservation and display of African American artistic, cultural and historical materials that relate to the African American experience. The African American Museum incorporates a wide variety of visual art forms and historical documents that portray the African American experience in the United States, Southwest, and Dallas. The Museum has a small, but rich collection of African art, African American fine art and one of the largest African American folk-art and decorative art collections in the United States. Learn more at aamdallas.org.
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