The academic and wider community is invited to attend and participate in a one-day series of roundtables entitled Black Radical Movements of the 60’s and 70's: Legacies/Consequences/Futures at the Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The objectives of the roundtables are to:

• assess the practical and material accomplishments of Black Radical movements of the 60’s and 70’s;
• explore the meanings of ‘black radical’ in the context of 21st century struggles and political realities;
• begin a collective conversation about the politics, social dynamics and histories of Black Radical Movements/formations;
• describe routes of continuity/discontinuity between Black Radical Movements and current radical movements/formations;
• provide some context for understanding why Black Radical Studies have not been incorporated in Black Studies curricula as have slavery oriented and Civil Rights oriented studies; and
• assess and understand the respective roles of various sectors (student, faith community, workers/unions, etc.,) in radical movements/formations

Session I: 10:30-Noon;
Session II: 1:30-3:30 pm;
Session III: 7:00-9:00 pm

Roundtable Participants:

Ajamu Dillahunt, Black Workers for Justice and Local Organizer, Black Radical Congress
Sylvia Hill, Prof., Univ. of District of Columbia,
Charles Jones, Chair, African-American Studies Dept., Georgia. State University, Zindzhi Olugbala, Student Organizer, Lifeline Prison Project and Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
Charlotte Hill O’Neal, co-director United African Alliance Community Center, Arusha, Tanzania,
Ahmad Rahman, Assoc. Prof., Univ. Michigan – Dearborn
Jamala Rogers, National Organizer, Black Radical Congress
Cleve Sellers, chair, African American Studies, U. of SC
Michael Simanga, author of In the Shadow of the Son :
Akinyele Umoja, Asst. Prof., African American Studies, Georgia State University
Komozi Woodard, Professor, Sarah Lawrence College
Gloria House, Prof. EmeritusWayne State University

This program is free and open to the public

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