RACE and RESISTANCE, 1858 and 2008

Activists and Allies

A Symposium Sponsored by Oberlin College in Collaboration with

the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Coalition

Friday, Nov. 7 – Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008

King 106, Oberlin College

Schedule of Presentations

4:30 p.m., Fri., Nov. 7: Canaan's Children: Black Ohio's Revolutionary Legacy, keynote presentation by Robin D.G. Kelley. Dr. Kelley is Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity and History at the University of Southern California and the author of Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists during the Great Depression, Yo’ Mama’s DisFunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America, and Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination.

8:00 p.m., Fri., Nov. 7: Beloved, free showing of the film based on the novel by Toni Morrison, with commentary by Lisa Gay Hamilton. Ms. Hamilton played younger Sethe in the film and has directed the documentary Beah: A Black Woman Speaks. 

10:00 a.m., Sat., Nov. 8: Historical Reflections on the Antislavery Struggle, panel discussion. Participants: Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Associate Professor of History, University of Delaware; Patrick Rael, Associate Professor of History, Bowdoin College; Jane Rhodes, Dean for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Macalester College.

1:30 p.m., Sat., Nov. 8: Contemporary Issues for Activists and Allies, panel discussion. Participants: Lisa Brock, Professor of African History and Diaspora Studies, Columbia College Chicago; Scott Kurashige, Associate Professor of American Culture and History, University of Michigan; Salvador Vidal-Ortiz, Assistant Professor of Sociology, American University.

3:30 p.m., Sat. Nov. 8: Community Perspectives on Contemporary Activism, panel discussion. Participants: Phyllis Yarber Hogan, Oberlin African-American Genealogy and History Group; Gloria A. Pickett, Women’s Re-Entry Network, Cleveland; Jeff Stewart, Immigrant Worker Project.

5:30 p.m., Sat., Nov. 8: Closing Remarks, by Robin D.G. Kelley.

All Events are Free and Open to the Public