Marking the centennial of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and honoring Langston Hughes’ 1962 history of the organization, this symposium (re)investigates the NAACP and its various legacies for a dawning new century. This commemoration will also provide a powerful entry for larger conversations on race and racism in America today. Featured Speakers: (Click on the speaker’s name to view the lectures. All the links play in Real Player. Click to download the software.) Patricia Sullivan, University of South Carolina Carol Anderson, Emory University John H. Bracey, Jr., University of Massachusetts Gretchen Cassel Eick, Friends University Christopher De Santis, Illinois State University “I grew up with the NAACP . . . . I learned to read with The Crisis on my grandmother’s lap. The first movingly beautiful words I remember are those of the Bible and the editorials by Dr. Du Bois in The Crisis. My mother . . . was an early member of the NAACP. I do not remember when my folks did not receive The Crisis. In Lawrence and Topeka and Kansas City I often heard them talking about the NAACP” -- Langston Hughes, Fight for Freedom, 1962. http://www.real.com/playerhttp://merlin.cc.ku.edu:8080/ramgen/unionav/Hughes/FFF/PatriciaSullivan.rmhttp://merlin.cc.ku.edu:8080/ramgen/unionav/Hughes/FFF/CarolAnderson.rmhttp://merlin.cc.ku.edu:8080/ramgen/unionav/Hughes/FFF/JohnHBracey.rmhttp://merlin.cc.ku.edu:8080/ramgen/unionav/Hughes/FFF/GretchenCassalEick.rmhttp://merlin.cc.ku.edu:8080/ramgen/unionav/Hughes/FFF/ChristopherDeSantis.rmshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5
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The Langston Hughes Center at the University of Kansas presents
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Fight for Freedom!
A Century of the NAACP and the Struggle for Racial Equality
 
Friday | February 13, 2009 | 8 am - 5 pm
The University of Kansas, Kansas Union
Alderson Auditorium, Lawrence, Kansas
 
 
This symposium has already occurred but you may view all the lectures by clicking on the speaker’s name below.
 
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