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Reimagining the Black Past: The Futures of Black Power
March 25, 2021 @ 7:00 pm
This virtual meeting brings together five historians who study the history of the Black Power Movement in both its national and global contexts. Although these papers differ in their approach or topical lens (e.g. banking, gender politics, and intellectual history), they provide a new perspective on a dynamic field by illustrating the complex, diverse ways that African Americans tried to achieve change in America’s financial, cultural, and political systems in the decades after the early 1960s. This meeting will occur over Zoom with one presentation each Thursday night at 7:00 PM (EST) from March 25-April 22 with opening keynote address offered by Dr. Ashley Farmer entitled, “Twenty Years of Black Power History: Reflections on the Archive” on March 25th at 7:00 PM . Also, presenters will take questions submitted from a wide audience including students, scholars, and community members from Gainesville and beyond.
Dr. Ashley Farmer: Assistant Professor of History & African & African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas-Austin
Dr. Brandon K. Winford: Associate Professor of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Dr. Jasmin Young: Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies, UC-Riverside
Dr. D’Weston Haywood: Associate Professor of History, Hunter College-CUNY
Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries: Associate Professor of History, The Ohio State University
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