Department Renaming Symposium: From "African American Studies" to "Black Studies"

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BLACK TO FRONT: From "African American Studies" to "Black Studies"

• Keynote speaker: Professor Davarian Baldwin (author, ‘In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower’): “Black Studies and Thoughts on an Abolitionist University”
• Faculty Roundtable: “What is the ‘Black’ in Black Studies?”
• Black Poetry: Cydney Hope Brown
• Graduate Student Panel: ‘What’s Black Studies Got to Do with it?’
• Black Song: Moyana Olivia and Joelle Moore
• Keynote speaker: Zeba Blay (author, ‘Carefree Black Girl’): “What it means to be Black and Carefree in an Unfree World”

Contact Suzette Denose: (847) 491-5122 or email at afas@northwestern.edu

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The Block Museum of Art for more information: (847) 491-4000 or email us at block-museum@northwestern.edu