The Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut announces its first national conference: The Black Power Movement in Historical Perspective: Dialogues on Race and American Society, November 13-14, 2003, South Campus Ballroom, University of Connecticut, Storrs.

Over thirty-five years after the beginning of the Black Power Movement, a growing body of scholars offers new and fascinating approaches at understanding the complexities of Black Power and its significance. From Kwanzaa to African American Studies to music and the arts, the legacies of Black Power are palpable. The conference will explore the nuances of resistance, radicalism constructions of identity and discourse. The conference will bring together a broad-based, interdisciplinary program that includes scholars, artists, activists, and cultural workers from across the United States and abroad.

Paper sessions include, but are not limited to:

1. Gender and Black Power
2. Local organizing in schools, and work
3. Expressive culture, the arts and Black Power
4. The influence of Black Power outside of African American communities
5. Feminist and womanist perspectives
6. Theoretical perspectives