In Conversation: Can’t Nothing Bring Me Down with Ida Keeling
March 21, 2018 – 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Join the Schomburg Center as we welcome Miss Ida Keeling, the 102-year-old, world-record-holding runner, for the 2nd installment of our new Facebook Live conversation series. Miss Ida will be in conversation Alison Desir, founder of Harlem Run, who will also take questions from our Facebook Live community and in house audience. Want to be in the audience? RSVP to this invitation and your name will be on our guest list.
Tune in live on Wednesday, March 21 at 1pm EST: www.Facebook.com/SchomburgCenter.
Miss Ida, as she’s affectionately known throughout her community, isn’t your typical runner. At 102-years-old, her fierce independence helped her through the Depression and the Civil Rights movement as a single mother to four children living in New York City. But her greatest trials were yet to come. Ida’s two sons were brutally murdered. Justice was never found. Miss Ida felt she didn’t have the strength to carry on, and that she couldn’t hope anymore. Encouraged by her daughter, Miss Ida put on her first pair of running shoes at the age of 67 and began to run off the paralyzing sorrow from her heart. Running gave light and new energy to Miss Ida and since her first race nearly 35 years ago, she’s kept running and never looked back. Holding the world record for the fastest time in the 60-meter dash for the 95-99 age group, Miss Ida isn’t slowing down. Now, she gives us a clear picture of what it means to overcome obstacles in her captivating memoir, “Can’t Nothing Bring Me Down.”
Cost: FREE
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
515 Malcolm X Boulevard at 135th Street
New York NY 10037
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