THEBLACKSCHOLAR
40th Anniversary Celebration
NOVEMBER 19-20, 2009

THEBLACKSCHOLAR celebrates 40 years of continuous publishing with a conference hosted by the Department of African American Studies, UC Berkeley, at the Lipmann Room, Barrows Hall.

THE TWO-DAY CONFERENCE FEATURES:

Danny Glover, internationally renowned film star, will offer “An Evening with Danny Glover,” in which he will screen his recent film, Namibia, directed by Charles Burnett, and answer questions from the audience.

Charles P. Henry, who will host a panel, “Barack Obama: the First Year.” Prof. Henry is Chair, Dept. of African American Studies, UC Berkeley and author of Long Overdue: The Politics of Racial Reparations (New York University Press, 2007).

Ernest Allen, Jr., Professor of African American History at the W.E. B. Du Bois Dept. of Afro-American Studies, digital archivist and filmmaker, will present a feature-length documentary film, “Look Back in Wonder,” on the formation of the Dept. at UMass, Amherst and its highly successful Ph.D. program.

Melba Joyce Boyd, Chair, Dept. of Africana Studies, Wayne State University, Detroit, will offer a panel on the topic, “The progressive black artist--poetry, music, fiction and film.” [California poet laureate emeritus Al Young is tentatively slated to join this panel]

Awards Luncheon

Additional featured speakers include Robert Chrisman, Robert L. Allen, and Laura H. Chrisman.

Register now to reserve space. Send in your name, address or affiliation, email address, and number of attendees to THEBLACKSCHOLAR email address or P.O. Box listed below and reference THEBLACKSCHOLAR 40th Anniversary Celebration.

Or send a check, $40 for 40 years! You will receive a subscription to THEBLACKSCHOLAR and your name will be listed as a Donor in our Program.

Make checks payable to: THEBLACKSCHOLAR 40th Anniversary.
40th Anniversary Committee
P.O. Box 22869,
Oakland, CA 94609.

For more details, email BLKSCHLR@aol.com

Or contact:
Melba Joyce Boyd
313.577.2424 or 877.WSU.INFO