Posted by From the Dallas South News Wire
Hill Harper
DALLAS, TX – Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway and VisitBlackDallas.com are bringing author and CSI:NY actor, Hill Harper to Dallas to do several book signings for his new book, The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships this October.
The Conversation hit bookshelves nationwide on September 8 and grabbed the #2 spot on the New York Times bestsellers list the first week on shelves. In his first book for adults, the NAACP award-winning, New York Times bestselling Hill Harper sparks honest dialogues about the crisis in African American relationships. (www.theconversationonline.com)
“Simply put, Black women and Black men are not communicating. And perhaps the saddest part of our lack of communication is that in many ways we are not even friends anymore, says Hill. “Get this: 70% of Black professional women are single. Smart, successful women with no suitors! What’s going on? If we don’t start addressing the issues between Black men and Black women, we will bear witness to the destruction of the Black family. I won’t stand by and be silent.”
Hill Harper is the author of the bestsellers Letters to a Young Brother which won two NAACP awards and was named a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association in 2007, and New York Times bestseller Letters to a Young Sister. Hill was named Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series in 2008 and 2009 by the NAACP Image Awards for his role on CSI:NY. His numerous other credits include The Skulls, He Got Game, Lackawanna Blues and The Sopranos. He graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. from Brown University and cum laude with a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He also holds a master’s degree from Kennedy School of Government. Named one of People Magazine’s sexiest men alive, he lives in Los Angeles.
Hill Harper will make appearances for Conversations and book signings as follows:
Friday, October 9, 2009 from 8am – 9am
St. Philip’s School, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Dallas TX 75215, 214.421.5221
Friday, October 9, 2009 from 4pm – 5pm
State Fair of Texas, Chevy Live Stage, Dallas Fair Park
Saturday, October 10, 2009 from 9am – 9:45am
Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Center – Dallas County Juvenile Dept.
2600 Lone Star Drive, Dallas TX 75202, 469.693.8980
Saturday, October 10, 2009 from 10am – 11:30am
Mayor Pro Tem Caraway’s Teen Summit
Booker T. Washington HSPVA, 2501 Flora Street, Dallas TX 75201, 972.925.1200
Saturday, October 10, 2009 from 12pm – 1pm
Dallas Black Dance Theater 4th Annual DanceAfrica & African Marketplace
Dallas Arts District on Flora Street between Pearl and Harwood, 214.704.3099
Saturday, October 10, 2009 from 2p – 4pm
Dicho’s Books & More
The Shops of Willow Bend, 6121 W Park Blvd D208, Plano TX 75093 , 972.202.8581
Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 7pm
The Conversation with Hill Harper presented by VisitBlackDallas.com
Aloft Dallas Downtown, 1033 Young Street, Dallas TX 75202, 214.796.9544
Sunday, October 11, 2009 from 8am – 9am
The Reporter’s Roundtable with Cheryl Smith for breakfast
Harwood 609, 609 Harwood, Dallas TX 75201, 469.867.6004
Sunday, October 11, 2009 from 9:30am – 10:45am
Concord Church, 6808 Pastor Bailey Drive, Dallas TX 75237, 214.331.8522
Sunday, October 11, 2009 from 11am – 1:30pm
Friendship-West Baptist Church , 2020 W Wheatland Road, Dallas TX 75232, 972.228.5200
Hill Harper will be made available to all media for interviews during his visit to Dallas. For more information, please contact Winsor Barbee of The Marketing Collaborative at 214.944.5864 or by email at wbarbee@themarketingcollaborative.com.
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