AFRO 50 Teach-In 101: Understanding Our Legacy

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NEW DATE!!!   NEW DATE!!!   NEW DATE!!! Teach-In 101: Understanding Our Legacy Featuring visiting scholar, Dr. Horace Huntley, University of Alabama MONDAY FEBRUARY 25TH | 9AM - 3:30PM Great Hall - Coffman Memorial Union, University of Minnesota 300 Washington Ave. S.E., Minneapolis To attend, REGISTER online at: https://afro50-teach-in101.eventbrite.com This event is free and open to the public

Join the Department of African American & African Studies (AA&AS) in celebrating its 50th anniversary the past, present and future of Black protest, activism and community uplift. We will kick-off our year-long series of teach-ins with a symposium featuring Dr. Horace Huntley, the catalyst behind the 1969 Morrill Hall Takeover at the University of Minnesota. Together with past and present student and scholar activists, we will deepen the understanding of this legacy, as well as the emergence and impact of Black studies and student activism on university and college campuses across the nation.         Dr. Horace Huntley, Morrill Hall Leader PROGRAM Featured Speaker: Dr. Horace Huntley, Morrill Hall Leader (9AM) Remembrance of Rosemary Freeman Massey, Morrill Hall Leader (10:30AM) To Build A Department (11AM) Lunch on your own (12PM - 1PM) Solidarity and Community in the Morrill Hall Takeover (1PM) African American, African Studies, African Diaspora Studies: Scholarship & Teaching (1:30PM) Black Internationalism (2:15PM) Sponsored by: Department of African American & African Studies, Asian American Studies Program, The Black Midwest Initiative, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, Department of History, Department of Philosophy, Department of Political Science, Department of Sociology, Human Rights Center, Immigration History Research Center, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, Office of Equity and Diversity, Minnesota Historical Society, Race, Indigeneity, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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