bell hooks

On Saturday, Feb. 27, New College of Florida presented “New Schools of Black Thought: A Black History Month Symposium,” a day of panel discussions, concluding with a keynote address from acclaimed feminist, intellectual and writer bell hooks.
The symposium was the final event of the 2016 Black History Month Celebration at New College, Black Construction: Alternative Modes of Blackness Through Time.
bell hooks is an acclaimed intellectual, feminist theorist, cultural critic, artist, and writer. hooks has written over three dozen books and has published works that span several genres, including cultural criticism, personal memoirs, poetry collections, and children’s books. Her writings cover topics of gender, race, class, spirituality, teaching, and the significance of media in contemporary culture.