45th National Council for Black Studies Virtual Conference Program Book

National Council for Black Studies th

45 Annual Conference VIRTUAL - March 17-20, 2021

Radically Reimagining and Remaking the World

Black Studies and Black People in Reflection, Reaffirmation and Resistance

Re-Membering and Surviving NOW AVAILABLE

“Shirley A. James Hanshaw’s Re-Membering and Surviving is a powerful call seeking a response. This superb analytical voice examines literature by four black writers—John A. Williams, Wesley Brown, A. R. Flowers, and George Davis—who are masterful storytellers shaped in the caldron of war. Through her attention to these figures, Hanshaw reveals an American voice that has been kept in obscurity. Here, the historical background illuminates a postmodern imagination.”

—Yusef Komunyakaa, winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for Neon Vernacular: New and

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PRAISE FOR Re-Membering and Surviving “Re-Membering and Surviving is well researched, carefully detailed, and intellectually provocative. It is a timely examination of how innovative novelists used cultural memory and strategic narrative choices in making literary critiques of the Vietnam War. A substantial contribution to our understanding of African American literary and cultural histories, the book is a valuable resource for future scholarship.”

978-1-61186-371-0 | paper | $39.95 324 pgs. | 6 x 9 The first book-length critical study of the black experience in the Vietnam War and its aftermath, this text interrogates the meaning of heroism based on models from African and African American expressive culture. It focuses on four novels: Captain Blackman (1972) by John A. Williams, Tragic Magic (1978) by Wesley Brown, Coming Home (1971) by George Davis, and De Mojo Blues (1985) by A. R. Flowers. Discussions of the novels are framed within the historical context of all wars prior to Vietnam in which Black Americans fought. The success or failure of the hero on his identity quest is predicated upon the extent to which he can reconnect with African or African American cultural memory. He is engaged therefore in “re-membering,” a term laden with the specificity of race that implies a cultural history comprised of African retentions and an interdependent relationship with the community for survival. The reader will find that a common history of racism and exploitation that African Americans and Vietnamese share sometimes results in the hero’s empathy with and compassion for the so-called enemy, a unique contribution of the black novelist to American war literature.

Ordering Information Shirley A. James Hanshaw is Professor Emerita in the English Department at Mississippi State University where she was instrumental in establishing the first African American Studies Program. She is the recipient of a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, a Danforth Associateship for Outstanding Teaching in the Sciences and Humanities, and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship.

–Jerry W. Ward Jr., author of The

Of related interest: Author readings on the MSU Press YouTube page

Table of Contents

Welcome Letters ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 Conference Committee Recognition ...................................................................................................................... 7 NCBS Organizational Overview................................................................................................................................. 9 NCBS Organizational Activities ............................................................................................................................... 10 Past Presidents .............................................................................................................................................................. 12 NCBS Leadership .......................................................................................................................................................... 13 NCBS Lifetime Members............................................................................................................................................ 14 International Journal of Africana Studies ............................................................................................................ 16 Dr. Tsehloane C. Keto Fellows ................................................................................................................................. 18

Ankh Maat Wedjau Honor Society Inductees.................................................................................................... 18 Institutional Members ................................................................................................................................................ 20 Conference Schedule .................................................................................................................................................. 22

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Welcome to Our 45th Annual Conference!

A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT AMILCAR SHABAZZ Last year our conference took place in Atlanta just as COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. It has been a year for the record books. As of the time of my writing this message the planet has had nearly 117 million Coronavirus cases with more than 2.5 million deaths. In the United States, we’ve had about 30 million people get the disease and almost 600,000 people dying from it. COVID-19 has struck members of the NCBS and our families. It has disproportionately devastated “people from racial and ethnic minority groups” and has deepened our attention to issues of equity, especially health equity, in this time of profound “racial reckoning” in the wake of the tragic murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and others. We are all hurting and we are all in this fight for our lives together.

In this context, our conference unfolds in a virtual way, is free to all, is without our regular Call for Papers, and has as its theme: “Radically Reimagining and Remaking the World: Black Studies and Black People in Reflection, Reaffirmation, and Resistance.” The social relations of this world must be remade! COVID-19 teaches us that on so many levels and has forced the entire planet to recognize our interconnectedness. The better world that is possible requires some new freedom dreams that are radical and based upon our collectively being deeply reflective about how far we have come, where we are and how far we have yet to go. The NCBS supports the entire Africana Studies community worldwide. We are the scholars who have worked to correct the historical record, fired the cultural imagination through our creative work, and have done and are doing the scientific investigations about black lives that have helped to make a way for the “racial reckoning” and the uprising against anti-black racism. We have so much more work to do. I have been a part of the reparations struggle ever since I first heard and met Queen Mother Moore in New Orleans in 1981. She sparked my awareness of the debt our people are owed and Sister Dara Abubakari, Brother Imari Obadele, Comrade-Attorneys Chokwe Lumumba and Nkechi Taifa and many others developed my consciousness and encouraged me to put out a little book called The Forty Acres Documents back in 1994.

Now we see that this year H.R.40 - Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans Act has a real chance to be enacted into law.

When the legislation passes, it will create a commission of more than a dozen experts to review the United States government’s role in supporting enslavement of African Americans from the country’s colonial background down to 1865. It will give Congress a set of recommendations about ways to both educate the country about the legacy of slavery as well as how to alleviate its intergenerational harms. I call on the NCBS to support the enactment HR/S 40.

Please enjoy this virtual conference and give us feedback. We plan to have a Call for Papers next year but in online mode, so write to us at info@ncbsonline.org and volunteer to work with our various committees to bring your issues, interests and ideas to fruition. Invite us to your campus to speak and to meet with members of your community. NCBS is here for you year-round.

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A MESSAGE FROM VICE PRESIDENT ALPHONSO SIMPSON Greetings Brothers and Sisters! Habara Ghani!

For 44 years the National Council for Black Studies has convened…we have been coming together in our togetherness, celebrating and basking in the beauty of our blackness. In year 45 we are still here not missing a beat! As James Weldon Johnson so movingly said, “We have come over a way that with tears has been watered…Out from the gloomy past til’ now we stand at last where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.”

When we were in Atlanta last year, who would have known that we were on the cusp of a new way of being? This “new way” has taught us many lessons from then until now. During this season of wonder – so to speak, as a people, we have all found ourselves on the hill of confidence as well as in the valley of despair. Collectively, we have all been worried, frustrated, challenged, and even grieved within the span of just a year. However, when we really sit back and reflect on what felt like the utterly impossible, we’ve come to realize that we were actually learning lessons through it all. My NCBS family, what we have to remember is that the fertilizer that helps us "grow" is often times in those valleys and not always on the mountaintops, and it is a proven fact that everything needs a little dirt to grow. Moreover, we have to understand that the “valley” experience has always been vital to our growth as Black Folks. Consider this truth: only by much searching and mining are gold and diamonds obtained. In this, our 45th National Conference (though it may look and feel quite different) I know that we can find every truth connected to our being if we will allow ourselves to dig deep into the mines of our soul as we excavate TOGETHER! Yes, we have been through a lot both individually and collectively, but in retrospect we have ended up so much stronger and wiser than we were before. Actually, as we begin to turn the corner of possibility we will begin to see that we have grown more from these experiences – good or bad and we are finding ourselves better…so much better. Take joy, for we are at a steady beat… gradual, but steady. Throughout the past year, we have come to understand more about people and life, we have become more sensitive to one another, and because of our efforts, virtuous or debauched we can say that we are better equipped to adapt and continue to appreciate life and its experiences as we continue to live in this altered state of normalcy.

As Vice-President and Conference chair, It is my hope, that as we embark upon this virtual platform to make our 45th National conference a reality, that each of us would carry from the lessons that will be shared over the next few days, a very profound message. I want us to find the good…it’s all around us, and when we find it, let’s share it with all who are willing to listen. I know that there is enough good to cover us all and if we just take a moment to regroup, redefine, and realize that we are a resilient people who are in the words of our dear brother Maulana Karenga “Radically Reimagining and Remaking the World through reflection, reaffirmation, and resistance, we can really make it through anything. We have come this far already.

As our beloved Maya Angelou so eloquently penned, “Out of the huts of history’s shame, we rise.

Up from a past that’s rooted in pain, we rise. We are a black ocean, leaping and wide, welling and swelling we bear in the tide. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear, we rise. Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear, we rise. Bringing the gifts that our ancestors gave, we are the dream and the hope of the slave. WE RISE, WE RISE, WE RISE! Enjoy and embrace the space we have created for ourselves in this 45 th NCBS Conference.

Alphonso Simpson, Jr., Ph.D. Vice-President, NCBS 2021 Conference Chair

Alphonso Simpson

NCBS Vice President and Conference Chair University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI Alicia Fontnette NCBS Board Member and Membership Chair Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, GA

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The National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) was established in 1976 by African American scholars who recognized the need to formalize the study of the African World experience, as well as expand and strengthen academic units and community programs devoted to this endeavor. NCBS was formed out of the substantial need for a national stabilizing force in the developing discipline of Africana/Black Studies. Since the late 1960’s, higher education has been profoundly impacted by the emergence of Africana/Black Studies. Its impact on the broader educational establishment is due to the holistic and multidisciplinary approach taken by Africana Studies. Growing fundamentally out of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's, Africana/Black Studies has become the intellectual extension of that movement. The National Council for Black Studies is committed to academic excellence and social responsibility.

NCBS seeks to:

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Facilitate through consultation and other services, the recruitment of Black Scholars for all levels of teaching and research in universities and colleges;

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Assist in the creation and implementation of multicultural education programs and materials for K-12 schools and higher education institutions;

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Promote scholarly African-centered research on all aspects of the African World experience;

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Increase and improve informational resources on Pan-African life and culture to be made available to the general public;

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Provide professional advice to policymakers in education, government and community development;

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Maintain international linkages among Africana Studies scholars;

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Work for the empowerment of people of African descent.

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ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: •

Annual Conference NCBS sponsors an annual conference which provides a forum for the dissemination of scholarship and a venue for mentoring students who wish to pursue a career in Africana Studies.

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International Journal of African Studies (IJAS) NCBS publishes an annual peer reviewed journal dedicated to scholarship and research about people of African descent.

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Terry Kershaw Student Essay Contest NCBS sponsors a student (undergraduate and graduate) essay contest for original work that focuses on any aspect of the Africana experience. Winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd) receive a cash prize and a plaque at the student luncheon held during the annual conference.

The essay contest is named in honor of Dr. Terry Kershaw of the University of Cincinnati and former editor of the International Journal of Africana Studies.

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C. Tsehloane Keto Student Leadership Development and Mentorship Program Participants in the program will be exposed to a variety of settings where they will have the opportunity to observe, participate, examine and exercise leadership skills in a national organization. The program is named in honor of South African-born Dr. C. Tsehloane, a dedicated, committed African-centered scholar and educator who was a powerful force in the fight for liberation and empowerment for all people of African descent.

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NCBS Civic & Community Education and Engagement Grants Program Under this program, grants are awarded to support projects in which Africana Studies knowledge and skills are made available to local communities. Funding for the program is provided by National Black Federation of Charities (NBFC) and NCBS.

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CALL FOR PAPERS 2021 BLACK HISTORY THEME

The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity THE 106TH ANNUAL MEETING AND VIRTUAL CONFERENCE SEPTEMBER 13-30, 2021 The 2021 ASALH Academic Program Committee invites proposals for individual papers, entire sessions, presentations, performances, films, round-tables, workshops, conversations, or alternative formats dealing with the 2021 theme, “The Black Family”.

The Black family has been a topic of study in many disciplines such as history, literature, the visual arts and film studies, sociology, anthropology, and social policy. Its representation, identity, and diversity have been reverenced, stereotyped, and vilified from the period of enslavement to our own time. Since family reunions and genetic-ancestry searches testify to the spread of family members across states, nations, and continents, the Black family knows no single location.

Not only are individual Black families diasporic, but Africa and the diaspora itself have been long portrayed as the Black family writ large.

While the role of the Black family has been described by some as a microcosm of the entire race, its complexity as the “foundation” of African American life and history can be seen in numerous debates over how to represent its meaning and typicality from a historical perspective—as slave or free, as patriarchal or matriarchal/matrifocal, as single-headed or dual-headed household, as extended or nuclear, as fictive kin or blood lineage, as legal or common law, and as Black or interracial, etc. Variation appears, as well, in discussions on the nature and impact of parenting, childhood, marriage, gender norms, sexuality, and incarceration. The Black family offers a rich tapestry of images for exploring the African American past and present.

The Academic Program Committee seeks a diverse slate of presenters and panels representing a variety of professional and institutional backgrounds, perspectives, and voices. We are interested in detailed, comprehensive, and descriptive proposals that outline the theme, scope, and aim of participants. The committee particularly seeks presentations that probe the traditional fields of economic, political, intellectual, and cultural history; the established fields of urban, race, ethnic, labor, and women’s/gender history as well as southern and western history; along with the rapidly expanding fields of sexuality, LGBT, and queer history; environmental and public history; African American intellectual history; literature; and the social sciences.

We encourage proposals from scholars working across a variety of temporal, geographical, thematic, and topical areas in Black history, life and culture. We seek to foster a space of inclusion in the ASALH program and encourage submissions from anyone interested in presenting including: historians, students, new professionals, first-time presenters, activists, and practitioners from allied professions. Review this frequently asked questions link for more information.

Deadlines for submission of proposals are as follows: Early Bird Submissions will be accepted until March 15, 2021 at 5PM (EST). Responses to Early Bird submissions will be sent out by April 15, 2021 at 5 P.M (EST). After this date, the committee will accept all submissions until the deadline of April 30, 2021. Regular Submissions will be responded to by June 15.

1976-1978 Bertha Maxwell-Roddey University of North Carolina at Charlotte

1992-1994 Charles Henry University of California, Berkeley

1978-1980 William King University of Colorado

1994-1998 William (Bill) A. Little California State University, Dominguez Hills

1980-1982 William E. Nelson, Jr. The Ohio State University

1998-2002 James B. Stewart Pennsylvania State University

1982-1984 Carlene Young San Jose State University

2002-2006 Shirley N. Weber San Diego State University

1984-1988 Delores P. Aldridge Emory University

2006-2010 Charles E. Jones Georgia State University

1988-1992 Selase (Wayne) Williams California State University, Dominguez Hills

2010-2014 Sundiata Cha-Jua University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

2014-2018 Georgene Bess-Montgomery Clark Atlanta University

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Executive Board Amilcar Shabazz

Alphonso Simpson

University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI

President

Alfred Young, Emeritus

Vice President

Treasurer Emeritus

Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA

Kevin Brooks

Georgene Bess Montgomery

Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan

Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, GA

Secretary

Immediate Past President

Board Members Leslie Alexander University of Oregon Eugene, OR

Julian E. Kunnie University of Arizona Tucson, AZ

Kevin Brooks Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan

Thekima Mayasa San Diego Community College San Diego, CA

Jeanette Davidson University of Oklahoma Norman, OK

Serie McDougal San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA

Bertis English Alabama State University Montgomery, AL

Karin L. Stanford California State University, Northridge Northridge, CA

Jonathan Fenderson Washington University St. Louis, MO

James (Jim) B. Stewart, Emeritus Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA

Alicia Fontnette Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, GA

Michael Tillotson University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA

Valerie Grim Indiana University Bloomington, IN

Dorothy Tsuruta San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA

Ricky L. Jones University of Louisville Louisville, KY

Akinyele Umoja Georgia State University Atlanta, GA

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The following individuals have contributed $1500 in lump or 3-payments to NCBS

Ebony Gibson Georgia Gwinnett College

Dorothy Tsuruta San Francisco State University

Walter C. Rucker Emory University

Melina Abdullah, California State UniversityLos Angeles

Anthony Lemelle, University of WisconsinMilwaukee

Tomarra Adams, University of Louisville

Michael Loudon, Eastern Illinois University

Delores Aldridge, Emory University

Adele Newson-Horst, Missouri State University

Leslie Alexander, University of Oregon

Hugh Page, University of Notre Dame

Molefi Kete Asante, Temple University

June Patton, Governors State University

Sundiata Cha-Jua, University of Illinois

Venetria Patton, Purdue University

Alan Colon, Dillard University

Patricia Reid-Merritt, Richard Stockton College

Sylvia Cyrus, Association for the Study of African American Life and History

Amilcar Shabazz, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Jualynne Dodson, Michigan State University

Ronald Stephens, Purdue University

Tonya Driver, Texas A&M University

James Stewart, Emeritus Pennsylvania State University

V.P. Franklin, University of California Gerald Horne, University of Houston

Alicestyne Turley, Berea College

Sureshi M. Jayawardene, San Diego State University

James Turner, Cornell University Shirley Weber, San Diego State University

Maulana Karenga, California State UniversityLong Beach

Willie Wright, Rutgers University Itibari Zulu, Journal of Pan African Studies

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Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives: Amplifying Unheard Voices is a national grant competition administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) for digitizing rare and unique content stewarded by collecting organizations in the US and Canada.

In 2021, the call for applications will focus on projects that propose to digitize materials that deepen public understanding of the histories of people of color and other communities and populations whose work, experiences, and perspectives have been insufficiently recognized or unattended.

These often “hidden” histories include, but are not necessarily limited to, those of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and other People of Color; Women; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Non-binary, and other Genderqueer people and communities; Immigrants; Displaced populations; Blind, Deaf, and Disabled people and communities; and Colonized, Disenfranchised, Enslaved, and Incarcerated people.

The program is generously supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Council on Library and Information Resources 211 North Union Street, Suite 100-PMB 1027, Alexandria, VA 22314 contact@clir.org

International Journal of Africana Studies Editor Bertis English, Ph.D. Alabama State University

Associate Editor James Stewart, Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University

Assistant Editor Sharron Herron-Williams, Ph.D. Southern University at Shreveport

Book Review Editor Kevin Brooks, Ph.D. Michigan State University

Editorial Board Leslie Alexander, Ph.D. Ohio State University

Charles E. Jones, Ph.D. University of Cincinnati

Shawn Alexander, Ph.D. University of Kansas

Cherisse Jones-Branch, Ph.D. Arkansas State University

Georgene Bess-Montgomery Clark-Atlanta University

Ricky Jones, Ph.D. University of Louisville

Scot D. Brown, Ph.D. University of California at Los Angeles

Maulana Karenga, Ph.D. California State University at Long Beach

Michael L. Clemons, Ph.D. Old Dominion University

Julian Kunnie, Ph.D. University of Arizona

Jeanette Davidson, Ph.D. University of Oklahoma

Karin L. Stanford, Ph.D. California State University Northridge

Ellington Graves, Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Akinyele Umoja, Ph.D. Georgia State University

Valerie Grim, Ph.D. Indiana University at Bloomington

JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTION: Regular institutional rates are $35.00 per issue.

Institutional Members of NCBS receive a complimentary copy.

Will Guzman, Ph.D. New Jersey City University Alecia Hoffman, Ph.D. Alabama State University Gerald Horne, Ph.D., J.D. University of Houston David Jackson Jr., Ph.D. Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University Judson L. Jeffries, Ph.D. Ohio State University 16

Individual rate is $20.00 per issue. Add $10.00 for issues shipped outside the United States.

Professional Members of NCBS receive a complimentary copy.

Issues my be purchases online at: https:// ncbsonline.org/product-category/journal/

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Looking for a past issue of the International Journal of Africana Studies?

The following issues can be purchased on the NCBS website.

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Dr. Tsehloane C. Keto

2020 - 2022 Keto Fellows

Taylor Duckett

W. Denae Powell

Arzelia Williams

Brea Stevenson

Indiana University

University of Louisville

University of Missouri

Clark Atlanta University

ANKH MAAT WEDJAU Honor Society Congratulations to the 2020-2021 Inductees Carm Almonor, Temple University Tatiana Alston, Stockton University Taylor Duckett, Indiana University - Bloomington Daniel Lambkin, Stockton University Edythe Rodriguez, Temple University

Malikah Stafford, Stockton University Loukaia Taylor, Stockton University Byonce Tyus, Stockton University Alana Williams, Stockton University 18

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Graduate Programs

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Wednesday, March 17

Spring 2021 National Council for Black Studies Business Meeting (Board Members Only)

3:00pm to 7:00pm

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Thursday, March 18—1:00-2:30 PM EST The Perry Hall Forum on Africana Studies Pedagogy and Curriculum

The session is dedicated to the memory of our esteemed friend and colleague, Perry A. Hall, and his lifelong contribution to Africana Studies. It will pay tribute to Dr. Hall through a panel discussion by some of the contributors to the new African American Studies, 2nd edition, published by Edinburgh University Press, 2021. The text focuses on the content and pedagogy for teaching "Introduction to Black/Africana Studies" courses.

James B. Stewart

Emeritus Professor Penn State University Chair and Panelist

Kehinde Andrews Birmingham City University Panelist

Tommy J. Curry

Edinburgh University Panelist

Jeanette R. Davidson University of Oklahoma Panelist

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Clark Atlanta University Panelist

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Thursday, March 18—3:00-5:00 PM EST

Open to NCBS members and prospective members of all categories--professional, student, retired, etc. The Business Meeting gives members the opportunity to interact with NCBS Board Members about the work of the Council. Chairs of the following committees will introduce themselves and their roles: Executive and International, Amilcar Shabazz; Membership, Alecia Fontnette; Civic Engagement, Ukinyele Umoja; and Student, Georgene Bess Montgomery.

The meeting will also feature a roundtable discussion on the NCBS Annual Report Initiative with Board Members Valerie Grim, Maulana Karenga, Serie McDougal , James Stewart and Amilcar Shabazz.

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Thursday, March 18—6:30-7:30 PM EST "Virtual Happy Hour/Game Night" with the Membership Committee

You provide the drink, we’ll provide the happy.

Dr. Alicia Fontnette, Membership Committee Chair, invites members and friends of NCBS to meet and greet with an enjoyable mix of music in the background, along with virtual fun and games.

A great time to see familiar faces and meet new colleagues in a relaxed environment.

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Friday, March 19—1:00-2:30 PM EST The Future of Academic Excellence in Black Studies Dr. Sureshi Jayawardene, Africana Social Scientist, San Diego State University - "Africana DH as a Site of Pedagogical and Research Development in Africana Studies."

• Dr. Justin Gammage, Assistant Professor, Department of Africana Studies, California State University, Dominguez Hills and Dr. Marquita Gammage, Associate Professor and Advisor, Department of Africana Studies, California State University, Northridge - "High Impact Practices in Africana Studies: Models for Training Future Scholars."

• Dr. Karanja Carroll, Black And Latino Studies, Baruch College (CUNY) "Teaching, Pedagogy and Developing Excellence in Africana Studies" • Dr. Serie McDougal III, Professor, Department of Pan-African Studies, California State Los Angeles - “The Discipline and the Open Sea” •

Friday, March 19—6:30 PM until

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Saturday, March 20—1:00-2:30 PM EST

Radically Reimagining and Remaking the World: Black Studies and Black People in Reflection, Reaffirmation and Resistance Melina Abdullah, Professor and former Chair of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles - “Activism and Advocacy of Black Lives: From the campus to the community” • Sarita Davis, Associate Professor, African American Studies, Georgia State University - “Africana Scholar-Activism in response to COVID-19: Building solidarity and networking the Academy and Community” • Maulana Karenga, Professor and Chair, Department of Africana Studies, University of California-Long Beach - “Africana advocacy: the Weber Bill and achieving victory for Ethnic Studies in the legislative arena” •

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Saturday, March 20—3:00-5:00 PM EST Reimagining the World of Black Studies: Resistance Through New Epistemologies •

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W. Denae Powell, Doctoral Student, Department of Pan-African Studies, University of Louisville - "But She's More Than That - Discussing the real deal behind Black reality tv stereotypes" Arzelia J. Williams , Master's Student, Department of Journalism, University of Missouri Columbia- "Black Women, Mass Incarceration, and Reclaiming Public Space"

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Taylor D. Duckett, Doctoral Student, Department of African American & African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University Bloomington - "Communing with Those Unseen: Ancestral Memory, Ritual, and African Spiritual Epistemologies"

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Brea Stevenson, Doctoral Student, Department of African American Studies, Clark Atlanta University - "The Black Imagination as a Tool for Decolonization"

Saturday, March 20—5:30-6:00 PM EST Ankh Maat Wedjau Honor Society Ceremony officiated by Dr. Maulana Karenga, Professor and Chair, Department of Africana Studies, University of California-Long Beach

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