Introductions….…………………………………………………Fatimah Ali
WHAT Radio Host

Readings
Each author will read for 3 minutes

Nicole Bailey-Williams, "A Little Piece of Sky"
Gloria Blakely, "Profiles of Great African Americans"
Howard Bryant, "Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston"
Donna Clovis, "Living on Dimes"
Bill Holmes, "Straight From My Heart"
Ky'a Jackson, "Keeping the Faith"

Dramatic presentation of a scene from the play "Ushers" by Joseph Blake. In this scene, an usher rises from a coffin, and reflects on her funeral and her life.

Patricia Middleton, "Extremes: A Collection of Poetry & Prose"
Karen E. Quinones Miller, "Using What You Got"
Vonda Paige, "Keeping the Faith"
Inga Saffron, "Caviar: The Strange History and Uncertain Future of the World's Most Coveted Delicacy"
Fred Shelley, "A Boy Less Ordinary"
Elmer Smith, "Out of My Mind"
Marsha Cooper Stroman, "Restoration from the Mountain Top" and assorted poetry.

Sponsor, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Of Philadelphia