FEBRUARY 20-23, 2013
Clark Atlanta University
W. E. B. Du Bois and the Wings of Atlanta
A 50th Anniversary Commemorative Conference
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 marked the 50th anniversary of the passing of Dr. Du Bois. On his birthday in February, it was fitting that Clark Atlanta University (CAU) celebrate his life and scholarship.
THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA
(Click here for Part I , Part II, and 15 minute intro video of legendary poet Amiri Baraka reading his play about W. E. B. Du Bois)
WCLK - Baraka Radio Interview
PANEL PICTURES
FEATURE PANEL PICTURES
UNICEF & RECEPTION PICTURES
BARAKA KEYNOTE SESSION PICTURES
DU BOIS BUST DEDICATION PICTURES
On February 20-23, 2013 CAU convened national and international scholars for a four-day Du Boisian homage and birthday celebration. Here, in Atlanta, we resituated 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 invited scholars of all levels to join us as we engaged 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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Picture courtesy of Artivist Film Festival
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Professor Sanchez could not make the 2013 conference, but will dedicate peace benches at CAU in 2015.
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Picture courtesy of Celeste Bateman,
Celeste Bateman & Associates, LLC
Professor Baraka joined the Ancestors
on January 9, 2014.
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Closing Session:
Professor Sonia Sanchez and Mr. Amiri Baraka
Scheduled to read poems and prose by Dr. Du Bois
Confirmed Plenary Panelists:
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
The keynote address was delivered by Poet Amiri Baraka (Professor Sanchez was unable to attend but sent regards). On February 9, 2013 Mr. Baraka joined the Ancestors. We are grateful for his reading of his play on Du Bois and hope it will be published.
