[altroots] Berea College Symposium on the Black Experience in Appalachia and America

I would like to invite you to Race, Repression, and Reconciliation: Berea 
College Symposium on the Black Experience in Appalachia and America. The 
Symposium, which is a part of our Sesquicentennial Celebration, will be held on 
Friday, September 30, and Saturday, October 1, 2005 in Berea, Kentucky.
The event schedule follows this message. 

This event is free and open to the public. We do ask that you contact Robin 
Adams (robin_adams@xxxxxxxxx) to register groups of 5 or more. For more 
information, please email Dreama_Gentry@xxxxxxxxx 
<mailto:Dreama_Gentry@xxxxxxxxx> or call 859-985-3854.

Please pass this information along to any of your colleagues who might be 
interested in attending. Also, feel free to cross-post this message on any 
list-servs of groups that may be interested.

We look forward to you joining us for this exciting event! 


Berea College Symposium on the Black Experience in Appalachia and America

September 30-October 1, 2005 in Gray Auditorium on the Berea College Campus

Friday, September 30 

12:30 p.m. 
Welcome and Introductory Remarks by Larry D. Shinn, President of Berea College 
(Introduction by Gordon McKinney, Moderator of Event)

1:00 p.m. 
A.      The Slave Experience and the Aftermath of the Civil War 
1.      John Inscoe, University of Georgia 
"Slaves and Slaveholders in Southern Appalachia:  Variations on a Theme" 
2.      Eric Foner, Columbia University 
"The Significance of Reconstruction in American History" 

2:30 p.m. 
B.      Berea College Heritage 
1.      Jacqueline Burnside, Berea College 
"Lessons and Legacies:  The Meaning of Berea's 19th Century Interracial 
Education in the 21st Century" 

2.      Dwayne Mack, Berea College 
"Reflections on the Participation of Berea College in the Selma to Montgomery 
March," 

4:00 p.m. 
C.      Segregation and the South 
1.   W. Fitzhugh Brundage, University of North Carolina 
"Providence and the Meaning of Slavery and the Civil War in post-Civil War 
America" 
2.   David Goldfield, University of North Carolina, Charlotte 
"Segregation Nostalgia and the Fading Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement" 

5:30 p.m. 
 Reception for all participants at the President Home. (hosted by President and 
Mrs. Shinn) 

Saturday, October 1 8:45 a.m. 
Reconvening by Dr. Gordon McKinney 

9:00 a.m. 
D.      Black Women and the African American Experience 
1.   Wilma A. Dunaway, Virginia Tech, 
"Never Safe in the Family Way:  Reproductive Exploitation of Enslaved Women on 
Appalachian Plantations" 

2.   Stephanie Shaw, Ohio State University 
"Grandmothers, Granny Women, and Old Aunts in Antebellum Slave Communities" 

10:30 a.m. 
E.   Civil Rights Movement 
1.   Clayborne Carson, Stanford University 
"Martin Luther King's Global Vision" 

2.   Cynthia Griggs Fleming, University of Tennessee 
"Black Hope and Black Anger:  The Aftermath of Selma," 

Noon 
        ADJOURN 
    Dreama Gentry, J.D. 
    Berea College Office of Special Programs 
    CPO 2185 
    Berea, KY 40404 

    Phone:  859-985-3853 
    Fax:  859-985-3920 
    Email:  dreama_gentry@xxxxxxxxx

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