2013 Conference
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FEBRUARY 20-23, 2013
Clark Atlanta University
W. E. B. Du Bois and the Wings of Atlanta
A 50th Anniversary Commemorative Conference
The Cornelius L. Henderson Student Center
Conference Co-chairs:
Dr. Carlton E. Brown, President
Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans, AWH Department Chair
Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois wrote his most influential works in the 23 years he spent as a professor at Atlanta University. The year 2013 will mark the 50th anniversary of the passing of Dr. Du Bois. On his birthday in February, it is fitting that Clark Atlanta University (CAU) celebrate his life and scholarship.
On February 20-23, 2013 CAU will convene national and international scholars for a four-day Du Boisian homage and birthday celebration. Here, in Atlanta, we will resituate the Du Bois legacy in the South--at the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) which is seldom recognized as the sustaining crucible of his genius and consciousness. We invite you to join us as we engage in an interdisciplinary and international introspection of the life, scholarship and activism of one of the most influential intellectuals of the 20th century.
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Closing Session:
Professor Sonia Sanchez and Mr. Amiri Baraka
Will read poems and prose by Dr. Du Bois
Confirmed Plenary Panelists Include:
Dr. Anne Adams, Professor Emerita, Cornell University former Director Du Bois Memorial Centre
for Pan-African Studies (Ghana)
Dr. Derrick Alridge, University of Virginia
Dr. Bernard Bell, Professor Emeriti, Pennsylvania State University
Professor John Bracey, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Dr. Scot Brown, University of California-Los Angeles
Dr. Sundiata Cha-Jua, University of Illinois & NCBS President
Dr. Sheila Flemming-Hunter, ASALH President Emerita
Dr. Evelyn Higginbotham, Harvard University
Dr. Gerald Horne, University of Houston
Dr. Joy James, Williams College
Dr. Shelby Lewis, CAU Professor Emerita, Former Fulbright Board Vice Chair, J. W. Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Member
Dr. Layli Phillips Maparyan, Wellesley College
Mr. Louis Massiah, Filmmaker, Scribe Video Center
Dr. MaryNell Morgan, CAU Alumna Empire State College
Dr. Aldon Morris, Northwestern University
Dr. Reiland Rabaka, University of Colorado
Dr. Daryl Scott, Howard University & ASALH President
Dr. Bill Strickland, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Dr. Janice Sumler-Edmond, Former CAU Faculty, Houston-Tillotson University
Dr. Nagueyalti Warren, Emory University
Dr. Earl Wright II, University of Cincinnati & ABS President
Dr. Tukufu Zuberi, University of Pennsylvania
Special Guests Include:
Descendants of the Struggle Panelists:
Arthur McFarlane, Great-grandson of
Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois
Michelle Duster, Great-granddaughter of
Ida B. Wells
A’Lelia Bundles, Great-great-granddaughter of Madam C.J. Walker
Dr. Charlayne Drew Jarvis, Daughter of
Dr. Charles Drew
Presidents Panel
Dr. Alexsa Henderson, Clark Atlanta University CHAIR
Dr. Carlton Brown, President,
Clark Atlanta University
Dr. Beverly Daniel-Tatum, President,
Spelman College
Dr. Ronald Peters, President, Interdenominational Theological Center
Ms. Loretta Parham, Director,
Robert Woodruff Library
Special Participants:
Georgia Steppers League
part of the National Step Show Alliance
PARTICIPATING CONFERENCE INSTITUTIONS
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