Book Talk + Teach-In - Black Lives and Brown Freedom: Untold Histories of War, Solidarity & Genocide
Thu, Feb 12
|Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe
Join us for a teach-in about the history and solidarity between Black and Filipino people. Merawi and Rob will lead a discussion on Black and Filipino self determination and the book, “Black Lives and Brown Freedom.”
Time & Location
Feb 12, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Guests
About The Event
About the book
An African American soldier “beheaded” deep in the jungle, a volcano crater filled with hundreds of desperate refugees, and church bells tainted with horrific bloodshed in the howling wilderness... What went on in the islands of the Philippines between 1899 to 1913? "Black Lives & Brown Freedom: Untold Histories of War, Solidarity, & Genocide" vividly engages its readers with the almost forgotten experiences and bond between Filipinos and African Americans in the events surrounding the Philippine-American War.
Kirby Pábalan-Táyag Aráullo is a distinguished Filipino historian, culture bearer, and content creator based in California. As the co-founder of the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies at the University of California, Davis, Kirby has authored numerous books exploring Asian American, Philippine, and Southeast Asian histories.
Merawi Gerima is a filmmaker, organizer with the DC Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, and DC Native.
Rob C. is an activist and organizer…