International Black Power Studies Symposium- Sarah Lawrence College (dap @ Chichi)

Posted by the ghetto intellectual 2/16/2010

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Monday, February 15 to Saturday, February 20 2010

Art Exhibit directed by Rico Speight: Elombe Brath—Harlem’s Golden Age of Black Power, Lobby of Heimbold Visual Art Center

Invited Guests & Schedule

(subject to change)

Monday, February 15
“Freedom North”
Titsworth Lecture Hall

7 p.m. Welcome by Komozi Woodard

• Brian Purnell, Brooklyn CORE and the Black Revolt
• Johanna Fernandez, Denise Oliver and the Young Lords
• Angela Dillard, Black Liberation Theology in the North
• David Goldberg, Black Power and the Building Trades

Tuesday, February 16
“Groundwork”
Titsworth Lecture Hall

7 p.m. Welcome by Komozi Woodard

• Jeffrey Perry, Hubert Harrison
• Minka Minkalani, African Blood Brotherhood
• Patrick Jones, Father Groppi and the Milwaukee Black Power
• Peter Levy, Gloria Richardson and the Cambridge Movement

Wednesday, February 17
The Historiography of the Long Black Revolt
Titsworth Lecture Hall

7 p.m. Welcome by Komozi Woodard

The Impact of Cultural Nationalism on the Black Power Movement

• Maulana Karenga, Kawaida, Us, Black Power and Revolution: Intellectual and Political Initiatives
• Charles Jones, Revolutionary Nationalism or Cultural Nationalism?
• Michael Simanga, Congress of African People: 40th Anniversary (1970-2010)
• Komozi Woodard, Urban Uprisings and Black Power Conferences

Thursday, February 18
Heimbold Visual Arts Center

4 p.m. Information packets, name tags and refreshments at Heimbold
6 p.m. Welcome by Komozi Woodard
6 p.m. Black Power and the International Tradition in the United States: Chaired by Michael West

• Stefan Bradley, “Two, Three, Many Columbias”:  The International Influence of Black Student Power
• Seth Markle, “A Refugee of Racial Oppression”: Robert F. Williams in Tanzania, 1968-1969
• Paula Marie Seniors, “For Freedom Now”: African American Woman Radical Activists and the Grenadian and Nicaraguan Revolutions
• Fanon Che Wilkins, On the Frontline with FRELIMO: Owusu Sadaukai and the Demystification of Armed Struggle, 1971

8 p.m. Roundtable: The Life & Legacy of Malcolm X

• Michael Simanga
• Komozi Woodard
• Willie Kelley
• Maulana Karenga

Friday, February 19
Heimbold Visual Arts Center

10 a.m. Registration at Heimbold Visual Arts Center (Refreshments will be provided)
11 a.m. Welcome at Heimbold Visual Arts Center by Komozi Woodard
11 a.m. Black Power in the Caribbean and Canada: Chaired by Michael West

• David Austin, A Phenomenology of Blackness. The Congress of Black Writers, Montreal, and the Making of the Caribbean New Left
• David Johnson, Black Power and “Doctor Power” in Trinidad & Tobago
• Quito Swan, “I and I" Shot the Sheriff: Black Power in Bermuda and the West Indies

1 to 1:45 p.m. Lunch Break at Heimbold, Pub and Bates Dining areas
2 p.m. Groundwork

• Genna Rae McNeil, The Case of Joan Little
• Kat Charron, Septima Clark and Citizenship School
• Scot Brown, Black Power, the U.S. Organization and Cultural Nationalism: The Politics of the Present in the Writing of History
• Renaldo Andersen, Des Moines and the Black Panthers in the Heartland
• Hasan Jeffries, Bloody Lowndes and the Roots of Black Power

4 p.m. The Jim Crow North: The backstory of Freedom North

• Jeanne Theoharis, Freedom North, Groundwork & Want to Start a Revolution?
• Matthew Countryman, Up South & Freedom North
• Komozi Woodard, Freedom North, Groundwork & Want to Start a Revolution?

6 p.m. Dinner

7 p.m. Black Panther Historiography

• Robyn Spencer, Historiography of Oakland Panthers
• Charles Jones, Historiography of Black Panthers
• Yohuru Williams, Black Panthers and the Black Revolt
• Donna Murch, The Roots of the Oakland Black Power Movement

9 p.m. Reception: Dinner & Awards at Common Ground | Black Liberation Awards: Chi Ogunyemi, Sam Anderson, Elombe Braith. Maulana Karenga, and Jim Houghton
10 p.m. Jazz Poetry at Common Ground for Hatian Relief
11 p.m. Student party celebrated at Common Ground

Saturday, February 20
Heimbold Visual Arts Center &Reisinger Concert Hall

10 a.m. Welcome at Heimbold; breakfast provided

11 a.m. Want to Start a Revolution? Part One

• Prudence Cumberbatch, Women’s Leadership in the NAACP in the Great Depression
• Dayo Gore, Vicki Garvin and Black Internationalism: Harlem, Ghana and China
• Erik McDuffie, Esther Cooper Jackson, Freedomways and the Long Black Revolt
• Timothy Tyson, Mable Williams, Self-Defense and the Monroe Movement

1 p.m. Lunch Break at Heimbold, Pub and Bates Dining areas
2 p.m. Want to Start a Revolution? Part Two

• Premilla Nadasen, Johnnie Tilmon, Black Power & Welfare Rights
• Erika Huggins & Angela Le Blanc-Ernest, Oakland Community School
• Josh Guilds, Shirley Chisholm & Black Power Politics
• Sherrie Randolph, Flo Kennedy, Black Power and Feminism

4 p.m. Black Arts Movement Historiography

• Margo Natalie Crawford, The Black Woman & Black Arts Movement
• James Smethurst, The contours of the Atlanta Black Arts Movement
• Michael Simanga, Detroit Black Arts and Black Power: Identity & Struggle
• Kimberly Ellis, August Wilson and the Pittsburgh Black Arts Legacy
• Alwin Jones, Black Arts Poetics

6 p.m. Dinner @ Common Ground

7 p.m. Jazz Poetry for Hatian Relief at Reisinger Concert Hall

Conference Website: sic.edu
photo source: Jon Keegan 


tags: black power, education, radical

Marcus Garvey Fellowships

Kindly take note of the following Marcus Garvey Foundation research
fellowships, and please forward widely:

1) Marcus Garvey Foundation Research Fellowship:

This fellowship  named in honor of the Marcus Garvey Foundation  looks to
support doctoral candidates doing primary research in the humanities and
social sciences on topics related to Africa and the African diaspora.  Those
doctoral candidates using archival collections and/or conducting oral
histories are especially encouraged to apply.  Research fellows receive
grants of $500 to help defray research expenses.

2) Jean Harvey Slappy Research Fellowship:

This fellowship  named in honor of Jean Harvey Slappy, a long-time board
member of the Marcus Garvey Foundation  looks to support doctoral
candidates working on aspects of the history of the U.N.I.A. (Universal
Negro Improvement Association), the A.C.L. (African Communities League),
and/or Marcus Garvey's organizational activities, and who wish to use the
recently deposited papers of Thomas W. Harvey, located at Emory University's
Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.  Research fellows receive
grants of $500 to help defray expenses associated with travel to and use of
the archival collection.

APPLYING FOR THE FELLOWSHIPS:

***All applications & attachments must be received by March 17, 2010***
Decisions will be announced on May 1, 2010

While proposals are welcome on a wide variety of research topics (and in a
wide variety of disciplines), proposals will be evaluated based on their
relevance to key questions in the field of African and African diaspora
studies and on the basis of their unique contribution to scholarship.

Required application materials:

* A 2-page summary of the larger research project

* A 1-page description of the specific project with a line-item budget (for
up to $500.00) and timeline for the specific research to be carried out with
the grant

* CV (no longer than 2 pages)

* One recommendation from an advising professor

For more information, please contact us at: GarveyFoundation@gmail.com;
or at:

Marcus Garvey Foundation
P.O. Box 42379
Philadelphia, PA 19101

The Marcus Garvey Memorial Foundation, Inc., established in 1961 in New York
City, is a non-profit organization whose work is informed by the educational
philosophy and ideals of Marcus Mosiah Garvey.

http://www.GarveyFoundation.com


tags: black nationalism, black power, marcus garvey, pan-African, race, radical

Black Guerrilla Warfare in the Deep South: The Deacons for Defense

Posted by the ghetto intellectual 2/8/2010


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African Americans have been waging a fierce guerrilla war against white supremacy for decades. One of my favorite examples is the Deacons for Defense and Justice in Louisiana.

Deacons for Defense and Justice, a black organization established to protect civil rights workers against the Ku Klux Klan. The Deacons for Defense and Justice, a group of African American men who were mostly veterans of World War II and the Korean War, organized in Jonesboro, Louisiana, on July 10, 1964.

Read entire post here ---> TheNewSouth: Deacons for Defense

2/9/2010 Update #1  Read article on Deacons for Defense @ Ebony magazine

tags: black freedom movement, civil rights, radical, southern United States

TheNewSouth: Robert Williams and wife

Robert F. Williams died October 15th, 1996. His funeral was attended by Rosa Parks, among others. He was among the most important and influential figures in the tradition of African American armed self defense. An ex-Marine and leader of the NAACP chapter in Monroe, North Carolina, he was expelled by the NAACP for his views in 1959. He led a fight by African Americans in the late 50s and early 60s to defend themselves, with guns when necessary, from Ku Klux Klan violence. He wrote a book about these experiences, Negroes with Guns. The work, which has been reprinted by Wayne State University Press, was originally published in 1962 by Marzani & Munsell of New York.

Read entire post here --> Afrocuba

tags: black freedom movement, civil rights, radical, Robert F. Williams, southern United States

tags: black freedom movement, civil rights, radical, Robert F. Williams, southern United States

Where are the Black revolutionaries?

Ever wonder what happened to the black revolutionaries? The short answer is that they were destroyed by the United States government. This Ebony magazine essay provides a pretty good summary of some of the key black revolutionary movements of the 60s. Also check out Nathan Hare's "For a Better Black Family" in the same issue. GI

tags: revolution, black freedom movement, assassination, dissent, radical

"Black (Power) is Back" Today!!

[Source: Blackisbback]

Tags:black power, jared ball, black consciousness movement, radical, march on washington

Fred Hampton Jr. Speaks (repost @ Davey D)

Repost @ Davey D's Blog

Chairman Fred Hampton JR Speaking Tour Kicks Off in The Bay Area

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Davey D

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 ”Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. Speaking Tour ” on Saturday, November 7 at 7:00pm.

Event: Chairman Fred Hampton Jr. Speaking Tour
      “You Can Kill a Revolutionary But You Can’t Kill the Revolution!”"
What: Fundraiser
Start Time: Saturday, November 7 at 7:00pm
End Time: Friday, November 13 at 9:00pm
Where: Oakland, Sonoma, Stanford, Diablo Valley College, Santa Cruz, San Francisco

tags: fred hampton jr., black panther party, black power, radical

Violence in Chicago is no accident. Remember Fred Hampton?

On 4 December 1969, US government agents assassinated Black Panther Party member, Chairman Fred Hampton, while he was sleeping in his bed. Hampton's crime? Chairman Hampton was a master organizer. He unified the local gangs and the oppressed people of Chicago into what he called a multi-racial "Rainbow Coalition" (Jesse Jackson would later co-opt the term). 




Black-on-black violence in Chicago is no accident. THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WANT AFRICAN AMERICANS ORGANIZED! THEY WILL KILL YOU IF NECESSARY. 


Hampton's pregnant wife was also shot. She survived. Their son, Fred Hampton Jr., is political activist in the Chicago area. Below are videos of Fred Hampton and Fred Hampton Jr. 

The assassination of Chairman Fred Hampton, a revolutionary black freedom fighter.



Fred Hampton Jr. of Prisons of Conscience Committee (POCC) breaking down political leardership, Black Consciousness in the entertainment industry, and more.