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Harvard Du Bois Institute

The W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University is the nation's oldest research center dedicated to the study of the history, culture, and social institutions of Africans and African Americans. Founded in 1975, the Institute serves as the site for research projects, fellowships for emerging and established scholars, publications, conferences, and working groups. Named after the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard (1895), the Du Bois Institute also sponsors four major lecture series each year and serves as the co-sponsor for numerous public conferences, lectures, readings, and forums.break

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Reserve Clause: Curtis Flood and Baseball

Thu, Oct 30, 2003

Gerald L. Early, Merle Kling professor of modern letters at Washington University in St. Louis, discusses his cultural observations on Curt Flood, the first player in Major League Baseball to challenge the infamous "reserve clause", which opened the doors to free agency.

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Race, Sports, and Affirmative Action

Tue, Oct 28, 2003

Gerald L. Early, Merle Kling professor of modern letters at Washington University in St. Louis, discusses his cultural observations on African American athletes. Early traverses a number of subjects in his writing, seemingly without effort, from a study of African American rhetoric to a meditation on boxing, from an historical survey of assimilation to an exploration of Motown.

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Jazz and Modern Africa: Drum Wars

Wed, Nov 19, 2003

Columbia University Professor Robin Kelley discusses what it means to be an African jazz musician, and what political and commercial strings are attached to that description.

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Jazz and Modern Africa: Marabi Modernists

Thu, Nov 20, 2003

Columbia University Professor Robin Kelley explores the political and cultural tensions surrounding jazz in South Africa during the 1950s.

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Jazz and Modern Africa: Spiritual Strivings

Tue, Nov 18, 2003

Columbia University Professor Robin Kelley discusses the need for scholars to establish deep connections between jazz artists and the various movements that presumably influence them.

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Age of Revolution: Founding Fathers and Slavery

Tue, Nov 9, 2004

Gary Nash lectures on the historical issues surrounding slavery in the era of the American Revolution.

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Elections, Successions and Post-Literate America

Wed, Oct 27, 2004

A panel of political, media, and education experts explore issues ranging from the use of satire as a political tool to black voter suppression.

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Age of Revolution: The Black American

Mon, Nov 8, 2004

Gary Nash discusses the black American.

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Age of Revolution: Race, Citizenship, and National Identity

Wed, Nov 10, 2004

Gary Nash discusses race, citizenship, and national identity.

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Black Pentecostalism in Global Context IV

Fri, Mar 18, 2005

This conference looks at the history and contemporary expansion of Pentecostalism among people of African descent. The first two panels offer an engaging, scholarly approach to this topic, while the final panel presents a lively discussion among leading clerics about the future of Pentecostalism. The keynote address for the conference challenges the audience to consider the responsibility of Pentecostals (those within and without traditional denominations) for pursuing justice and humanity in the world. Co-sponsored by the Department of African and African American Studies, Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University and Harvard Divinity School.

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