Black CapaCity Literary Arts Festival

The Black CapaCity Literary Arts Festival is an independent grassroots event aimed at highlighting and promoting the endeavors of African descended peoples in the various fields and industry of literature; from authorship, to publishing, to distribution. The festival was first conceived in October 2007, and successfully held its first annual festival April 18, 2008.

The formation of the festival was simple; to combat the lack of access to media resources in the city of Richmond. There were no Black-owned bookstores that existed in the city. Nor were there any Black-owned magazines published within the city. The festival had three main goals that it wanted to achieve:

1) to provide the masses with access to literary works created by other Black people.
2) to provide a networking opportunity for those in the community that are interested in getting into the literary field.
3) to provide an opportunity for those already in the field to network amongst themselves.

All three goals were reached. We are ever expanding with our mission, for this is far more than just a one-time event...this is a movement!!!

We will continue with our mission to bring the information to the masses. We have created a continuous email list in which we periodically send e-blasts out to our members informing them of other literary and cultural festivals and coventions the we know of taking place all over the country.

We are proudly presented to you by the local chapter of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL). Up you mighty race. You can accomplish what you will!

One God...One Aim....One Destiny!!!!