Omo Moses Discusses 'The White Peril'

The finale for the Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center’s 2024 Black Film Festival will take place at The Center on Friday, December 13, at 6:30 p.m. The festival is part of BHCCRC’s Thinking Forward Lecture Series which offers important conversations about race in America.

The guest will be Omo Moses, co-founder of the Young People’s Project and founder of MathTalk, who will offer a special sneak preview reading from his memoir “The White Peril.” The event will also feature performances by local jazz artists and an art exhibition curated by artist Faith Evans.

“We’re thrilled that Omo has agreed to read from his book as the culminating event of our 2024 Black Film Festival,” said Bonnie Michelle Cannon, executive director of BHCCRC. We want to emphasize the rich relationship between literature and film in creating our own narratives.

In his memoir “The White Peril: A Family Memoir,” Moses delivers a powerful, multigenerational memoir that shines a light on the Black American experience. In January, 2025, at the time of his father’s birthday, Beacon Press will release Moses’s memoir.

A Boston-based educator and writer, Moses is the son of the legendary late civil rights leader, Bob Moses, and has a history of working with communities on the East End. He has participated in multiple events regarding math education and civil rights, including an intimate conversation with Bob Moses and community members at The Center.

Born in Tanzania to parents fleeing U.S. government persecution, Omo returned to America as a young boy where he came face-to-face with the realities of white supremacy. This narrative navigates the tension of growing up Black in a segregated enclave in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Omo’s passion for basketball and his eventual path to social justice, teaching students in the Algebra Project alongside his father. Moses’s story captures the Black male experience, the complexities of racial identity, and the ongoing fight for liberation in America.

The reading, followed by a Q&A, is open to the public. The Bridgehampton Child Care & Recreational Center is at 551 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike in Bridgehampton