Black Women Shaping Regional Identity 2013 |
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Join this year's annual academic forum celebrating Black life and history in
This eighth annual Black New England Conference, “Self-Invented” Black Women: Navigating Race, Space and Place," will feature
Co-sponsored by the Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail http://pbhtrail.org and the Center for New England Culture http://cola.unh.edu/center-
Discussions explore the historical, global and regional role of Black women through provocative panels including Sister Citizen: A Culture of Self Creation introducing little-known African-American women who wove themselves into New England’s social fabric, Branding the Black Woman: Mammies, Jezebels, Sapphires and Video Vixens, examining the impact of cultural representations and Towards a Politics of Empowerment: The Ones We Have Been Waiting For, a call to action for Black women continue to shape the region, overcome marginalization and created alternative paths for themselves, their families and their communities on their journey to self-creation.
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