Thursday, February 7th, 2019 | 6-8 PM, doors open at 5:30 PM
\n<\/strong>The Newark Public Library, Second Floor JBAAR | 5 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102<\/p>\n

Join us for the Grand Opening of our 2019 Black History Celebration Exhibit. We will have guest speakers Vikki Tobak, author of Contact High A Visual History of Hip Hop; and Ernie Paniccioli, author of Hip Hop at the End of the World. Newark-based writer and cultural critic Fayemi Shakur will host the event. Rapper Samad Savage will perform.<\/p>\n

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