[PDF] African American History Seminar

African American History Seminar Sponsored and hosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston hkj Success to the Literary Society! Black Male Youth Organizing in Early Nineteenth-Century Boston Kabria Baumgartner, University of New Hampshire, Durham Comment: Elizabeth McHenry, New York University Emancipation in America, Seen Through One Man's Dreadlocks Abigail Cooper, Brandeis University Comment: Kellie Carter Jackson, Wellesley College Revolutionary Weddings: Marriage in the Black Panther Party Traci Parker, University of Massachusetts Amherst Comment: Robin Spencer, Lehman College From Jobs and Freedom to Jobs and Opportunity: Andrew Young, Growth, and the Illusion of Job Creation Danielle Wiggins, California Institution of Technology Comment: Brenna Greer, Wellesley College "Fighting the Dogs:" Fugitivity, Canine Hunters, and Slave Resistance in the Rural South Tyler D. Parry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Comment: Harriet Riveto, MIT 5 November 2020 3 December 2020 21 January 2021 4 March 2021 1 April 2021 Seminars begin at 5:15 PM.* These sessions bring together a diverse group of scholars and

interested members of the public to workshop a pre-circulated paper. After brief remarks from the author and an assigned commentator, the discussion is opened to the floor. All are encouraged to ask questions, provide feedback on the circulated essay, and discuss the topic at hand. Our sessions are free and open to everyone. Register through our online calendar to attend and receive the circulated papers. You can also purchase a $25 annual subscription to gain advanced access to the papers of all seven seminar series. *During the 2020-2021 academic year, please see our website to learn if sessions will take place in person or online.