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SUMMARY:Symposium: Frederick Douglass and Benjamin Harrison Confront the Late-19th-Century Problems of Race and Expansion
DESCRIPTION:Indiana University Indianapolis’s Arts and Humanities Institute and the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site present a two-day symposium that investigates the intertwined legacies of racism and imperialism in late-19th-century America. Scholars from across the country will present sessions on the symposium’s theme\, spotlighting the lives and work of two towering figures: President Benjamin Harrison and civil rights leader Frederick Douglass. \nSchedule  \nFriday\, January 31\, 2025\nBenjamin Harrison Presidential Site\n1230 N. Delaware St.\, Indianapolis \n8:00–9:00 a.m.\nRegistration and Coffee \n9:00–9:15 a.m.\nWelcome\nCharles Hyde\, Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site; John R. Kaufman-McKivigan\, Frederick Douglass Papers\, Indiana University Indianapolis \n9:15–10:15 a.m.\nKeynote Address\nCharles W. Calhoun\, East Carolina University \n10:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.\nScholarly Roundtable 1: “Defending Civil Rights in the 1880s and 1890s”\nModerator: Charlene J. Fletcher\, Butler University\nPanelists: John R. Kaufman-McKivigan\, Indiana University Indianapolis; Shawn Leigh Alexander\, University of Kansas; Edward O. Frantz\, University of Indianapolis \n12:30–1:30 p.m.\nLuncheon \n1:45–3:30 p.m.\nScholarly Roundtable 2: “The U.S. and the Caribbean in the Harrison Era”\nPanelists: Robert S. Levine\, University of Maryland; Brandon R. Byrd\, Vanderbilt University; Leslie M. Alexander\, Rutgers University \n3:45–4:30 p.m.\nConcluding Plenary Discussion \nTo register\, click on the RSVP button above. \nFor more information\, contact the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site at harrison@bhpsite.org or 317.631.1888. \nThis program received support from an Indiana Humanities Action Grant.
URL:https://indianahumanities.org/event/symposium-frederick-douglass-and-benjamin-harrison-confront-the-late-19th-century-problems-of-race-and-expansion-2/
LOCATION:Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site\, 1230 N Delaware St\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46202
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