Black Studies Forty Years Later, 1969-2009

Apr 30, 2009 to May 3, 2009
Location: Temple University
Latest Activity: Jan 20, 2020

Black Studies Forty Years Later, 1969-2009: 100 Day Assessment of the Barack Obama Presidency From an African American Perspective Sponsored by Center for African American Research and Public Policy at Temple University and the Philadelphia Community Institute of Africana Studies Black, Studies as a discipline was institutionalized in 1969. The first department was established at San Francisco State College. Since then, over 200 Black Studies departments have been established at colleges and universities across the United States with several offering doctoral degrees in African American Studies or Africana Studies. As an academic discipline, Black Studies was originally designed to describe and explain the conditions and problems faced by African American communities and to identify and assess alternative solutions to improve their life situations. Over the years, Black Studies departments have struggled to remain true to the original mission. Faced with changing circumstances, Black Studies departments have attempted to interrogate these changes and their implications for the struggle for racial justice in the United States and throughout the world. Continuing this tradition, the Center for African American Research and Public Policy at Temple University and the Philadelphia Community Institute of Africana Studies propose to examine three historically significant developments: (1) the election of President Barack Obama, (2) the financial crisis of American capitalism and (3) the current state of Black Studies. Each is sure to have dramatic and long term consequences in the struggle for human rights, racial justice and equality in the United States. For more info: Dr. Muhammad Ahmad at 215-204-1995 or mstnfrd@temple.edu Amiri Baraka at 973-242-1346 Mack Jones at 404-699-0631 Ron Walters at 301-421-5919 Dr. Nathaniel Norment, Jr. at 215-204-5073 or norme01@temple.edu LaFrance Howard at 215-204-3159

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Morgan Moss, JR March 30, 2009 at 9:36pm

What is the registration process, agenda, lacation of conference and time of day the conference will end and begin. Thanks for your help.
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