READING & BOOK SIGNING: AARON DIXON
Saturday, January 25, 2:00pm
Join Seen participant Aaron Dixon for a reading and book signing of My People Are Rising: Memoir of a Black Panther Party Captain. Dixon is one of the co-founders of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party. He has since founded Central House, a nonprofit that provides transitional housing for youth, and was one of the co-founders of the Cannon House, a senior assisted-living facility. He ran for US Senate on the Green Party ticket in 2006; and spoke at UW and Seattle University in 2008 as part of the activities marking the 40th anniversary of the Black Panther Party in Seattle.
From the publisher: Dixon dedicated his life to the struggle for change, founding the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1968 at age nineteen. Through his eyes – in a memoir that begins with the story of his enslaved ancestors and takes us on a journey throughout America – we see the courage of a generation, and the unforgettable legacy of Black Power.
