Malcolm X 100th Birthday Celebration Poetry Showcase
Marcus Garvey Park Richard Rogers Amphitheater
Saturday, May 17, 2025
2:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join NYC Parks in celebrating Malcolm X’s 100th birthday with a poetry showcase and featuring The Last Poets. On May 19, 1968, The Last Poets , a percussive poetry ensemble and precursor of hip-hop, held its first performance in the park in honor of the late civil rights leader Malcolm X’s birthday, who had been assassinated in Harlem three years earlier.
Sign up for open mic by emailing Tapashi.Narine@parks.nyc.gov by April 25.