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RACE, PERSONAL HISTORY AND PUBLIC HISTORY
FBI/KKK
Friday, September 19, 2008. 7:00-9:00 pm. Weatherspoon Auditorium.
What can the personal exploration of an FBI agent’s activities during the Civil Rights movement contribute to a discussion of how white southerners addressed racial change in the 1960s? A documentary film presented by Michael Frierson, Associate Professor in Broadcasting and Cinema.
Photography Across the Color Line in the Jim Crow South: The Early Photojournalism of Anthony and Julian Dimock
Saturday, September 20, 2008. 12:00-1:00 pm. Weatherspoon Auditorium.
What would it mean for white people in the U.S. to give up their search for a better past when it comes to the history of slavery and the legacies of racism? George Dimock, Associate Professor of Art History will present a paper/slide presentation devoted to the early photojournalism of working-class African Americans living in South Carolina.
Personal Stories of Social Change in Greensboro
Saturday, September 20, 2008. 1:15-2:30 pm. Weatherspoon Auditorium.
How do we put ourselves into the heat of the debate surrounding race in order to constructively struggle for a common welfare? Spoma Jovanovic, Associate Professor of Communication Studies leads a panel featuring citizens who have actively confronted the legacy of racism and have engaged others to resuscitate ethical public discourse in our democracy.
Break in the Weatherspoon Atrium: 2:30-3:00 p.m.
Making Race Personal in Public History
Saturday, September 20, 2008. 3:00-4:15pm. Weatherspoon Auditorium.
Can museums and historic sites handle racial themes in more compelling ways when they tell concrete and personal stories? Panelists include Amelia Parker, executive director of the International Civil Rights Center and Museum (Greensboro); Rodney C. Roberts, Associate Professor of Philosophy at East Carolina University and board member of the Somerset Place Foundation (Creswell, NC); and Benjamin Filene, Director of UNCG’s public history program.
Saturday, September 20, 2008. 4:15-5:00pm. Weatherspoon Auditorium.
Informal Conclusions lead by Frierson, Dimock, Jovanovic, and Filene.
News & Record article featuring this Panel: