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Free admission to the Henry Ford Museum Jan 19, 2009
http://www.hfmgv.org/events/symposium.aspx
The Henry Ford Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a Timely Discussion on African-American Political Leadership
We celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 19, we inaugurate the first African-American U.S. president on January 20, and two weeks later, we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the man who signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
Historically speaking, it’s a whirlwind.
The year's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day symposium, “African American Political Leadership from Douglass to Obama,” features two distinguished historians and authors.
Yale history Professor David W. Blight is the director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance & Abolition. An author of several books, he is a member of the board for African American Programs at Monticello and the board of advisors to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.
Kevin Gaines, professor of history at the University of Michigan, is director of the Center for Afro-American and African Studies. He is the author of "Uplifting the Race: Black Leadership, Politics and Culture During the Twentieth Century" (UNC Press, 1996), and he is president of the American Studies Association.
Following talks by the scholars, questions are invited. Afterward, tomorrow’s leaders — a group of local high school students — participate in a panel discussion.
Admission to the symposium is free.
For more information or to reserve a seat, please click here [hfmgv.org].
symposium agenda
9:30-10am Registration (IMAX Lobby)
10-10:15am Welcome and introductions (Anderson Theater)
10:15am-12pm “African American Political Leadership from Douglass to Obama”
(Anderson Theater)
12-12:30pm High School Panel discussion with moderator and scholars
(Anderson Theater)
2:30-3:30pm Book signing with David W. Blight and Kevin Gaines
(outside With Liberty and Justice for All exhibit)
pricing
Admission is free and open to the public.
The Henry Ford Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a Timely Discussion on African-American Political Leadership
We celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 19, we inaugurate the first African-American U.S. president on January 20, and two weeks later, we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the man who signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
Historically speaking, it’s a whirlwind.
The year's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day symposium, “African American Political Leadership from Douglass to Obama,” features two distinguished historians and authors.
Yale history Professor David W. Blight is the director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance & Abolition. An author of several books, he is a member of the board for African American Programs at Monticello and the board of advisors to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.
Kevin Gaines, professor of history at the University of Michigan, is director of the Center for Afro-American and African Studies. He is the author of "Uplifting the Race: Black Leadership, Politics and Culture During the Twentieth Century" (UNC Press, 1996), and he is president of the American Studies Association.
Following talks by the scholars, questions are invited. Afterward, tomorrow’s leaders — a group of local high school students — participate in a panel discussion.
Admission to the symposium is free.
For more information or to reserve a seat, please click here [hfmgv.org].
symposium agenda
9:30-10am Registration (IMAX Lobby)
10-10:15am Welcome and introductions (Anderson Theater)
10:15am-12pm “African American Political Leadership from Douglass to Obama”
(Anderson Theater)
12-12:30pm High School Panel discussion with moderator and scholars
(Anderson Theater)
2:30-3:30pm Book signing with David W. Blight and Kevin Gaines
(outside With Liberty and Justice for All exhibit)
pricing
Admission is free and open to the public.
Great find though!
