African American Political Culture Workshop
April 2, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m., 2120 Francis Scott Key Hall
(Light refreshments available at 6:15)
Mary Ellen Curtin, University of Essex
"Their Idol, Their Vision: Womanism and the Rise of Barbara Jordan"
Discussion will be based upon a pre-circulated paper. If you plan to attend the talk and would like a copy of the paper, please email Elsa Barkley Brown (barkleyb@umd.edu).
Mary Ellen Curtin, University of Essex, is the author of Black Prisoners and Their World: Alabama, 1865-1900 (2000) and "Strong People, Strong Leaders: African American Women and the Modern Black Freedom Struggle" (2007). Currently a Woodrow Wilson Center Fellow, Professor Curtin is writing a biography of the African American politician, Barbara Jordan.
The African American Political Culture Workshop is funded by the Center for Historical Studies and co-sponsored by the Department of African American Studies at the University of Maryland.
Workshop Organizers: Elsa Barkley Brown, Dennis Doster, Jessica Johnson, and Mary-Elizabeth Murphy
April 2, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m., 2120 Francis Scott Key Hall
(Light refreshments available at 6:15)
Mary Ellen Curtin, University of Essex
"Their Idol, Their Vision: Womanism and the Rise of Barbara Jordan"
Discussion will be based upon a pre-circulated paper. If you plan to attend the talk and would like a copy of the paper, please email Elsa Barkley Brown (barkleyb@umd.edu).
Mary Ellen Curtin, University of Essex, is the author of Black Prisoners and Their World: Alabama, 1865-1900 (2000) and "Strong People, Strong Leaders: African American Women and the Modern Black Freedom Struggle" (2007). Currently a Woodrow Wilson Center Fellow, Professor Curtin is writing a biography of the African American politician, Barbara Jordan.
The African American Political Culture Workshop is funded by the Center for Historical Studies and co-sponsored by the Department of African American Studies at the University of Maryland.
Workshop Organizers: Elsa Barkley Brown, Dennis Doster, Jessica Johnson, and Mary-Elizabeth Murphy
