A NYS Writers Institute event

Join us for a conversation with Caleb Gayle, author of We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power (2022), a landmark work that presents the untold history of Native Americans and African Americans in Oklahoma.

In praise of Gayle’s writing, Kiese Laymon said the book, “reminds readers, on damn near every page, that we are collectively experiencing a brilliance we’ve seldom seen or imagined.” Jacqueline Woodson called it, “An important part of American history told with a clear-eyed and forceful brilliance.”

Gayle also wrote the much-discussed May 25, 2021 cover story for the New York Times Magazine on the 100th Anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre.

Tuesday, October 25 - Two events
Craft Talk — 4:30 p.m.
Multi-Purpose Room, Campus Center West Addition, University at Albany

Conversation — 7:30 p.m.
Huxley Theatre, NYS Museum, 222 Madison Avenue, Albany NY 12202

Co-sponsored by the New York State Education Department’s Office of Cultural Education.