Summer - Fall 2017 Events
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Phyllis Lawson and Thadine Wormly.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God marathon reading.
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African American Quilt exhibit at Spencer Museum of Art.
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African American Quilt exhibit at Spencer Museum of Art.
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"Soul of Zora" exhibit during the Black Love Symposium.
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Professor Emeritus Elizabeth Schultz (left). Marla Jackson (center), Director, National African American Quilt Convention
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Faith Ringgold going though exhibit with another artist and a KU faculty member.
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Shelia Bonner and Claudia Rankine.
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HBW Staffer Mona Ahmed and mom at the Black Love Symposium.
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Susan Earle with Marvin Crum.
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Marvin Crum.
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Carmeletta Williams as Zora Neale Hurston at the Black Love Symposium.
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Mic Supremacy Event.
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Jameelah Jones, organizer, Mic Supremacy.
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Phyllis Lawson and Thadine Wormly. |
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Their Eyes Were Watching God marathon reading. |
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African American Quilt exhibit at Spencer Museum of Art. |
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African American Quilt exhibit at Spencer Museum of Art. |
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"Soul of Zora" exhibit during the Black Love Symposium. |
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Professor Emeritus Elizabeth Schultz (left). Marla Jackson (center), Director, National African American Quilt Convention |
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Faith Ringgold going though exhibit with another artist and a KU faculty member. |
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Shelia Bonner and Claudia Rankine. |
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HBW Staffer Mona Ahmed and mom at the Black Love Symposium. |
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Susan Earle with Marvin Crum. |
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Marvin Crum. |
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Carmeletta Williams as Zora Neale Hurston at the Black Love Symposium. |
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Mic Supremacy Event. |
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Jameelah Jones, organizer, Mic Supremacy. |
Poetry: An Evening with Nikki Giovanni
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2017 Black Literary Suite: Mississippi Renaissance
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College Language Association Conference 2017
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KU-BFSU English Institute, 2016
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KU welcomes visiting scholars for the Beijing Foreign Studies University summer institute, hosted by the Department of English and the Project on the History of Black Writing – July 14-25, 2016.
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BFSU scholars wave goodbye while at The Nest during the last day of the KU-BFSU summer institute.
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KU welcomes visiting scholars for the Beijing Foreign Studies University summer institute, hosted by the Department of English and the Project on the History of Black Writing – July 14-25, 2016.
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Professor Giselle Anatol speaks during the panel “Immigrants and Natives: America’s Past and Present”
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Professor Adrian Lewis receives a question from a BFSU scholar.
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Close-up of BFSU scholar listing closely to a presentation.
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Maryemma Graham introduces the panel “Immigrants and Natives: America’s Past and Present,” featuring professors David Katzman, Marta Caminero-Santangelo, Stephanie Fitzgerald, and Giselle Anatol.
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Professor Marta Caminero-Santangelo reacts to a comment from a BFSU scholar.
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Professor Giselle Anatol listens to a question from a BFSU scholar.
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KU welcomes visiting scholars for the Beijing Foreign Studies University summer institute, hosted by the Department of English and the Project on the History of Black Writing – July 14-25, 2016. |
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BFSU scholars wave goodbye while at The Nest during the last day of the KU-BFSU summer institute. |
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KU welcomes visiting scholars for the Beijing Foreign Studies University summer institute, hosted by the Department of English and the Project on the History of Black Writing – July 14-25, 2016. |
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Professor Giselle Anatol speaks during the panel “Immigrants and Natives: America’s Past and Present” |
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Professor Adrian Lewis receives a question from a BFSU scholar. |
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Close-up of BFSU scholar listing closely to a presentation. |
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Maryemma Graham introduces the panel “Immigrants and Natives: America’s Past and Present,” featuring professors David Katzman, Marta Caminero-Santangelo, Stephanie Fitzgerald, and Giselle Anatol. |
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Professor Marta Caminero-Santangelo reacts to a comment from a BFSU scholar. |
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Professor Giselle Anatol listens to a question from a BFSU scholar. |
College Language Association Convention 2016
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Author Daniel Black after reading from his newest book, The Coming (Clark Atlanta University) |
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Panel “Reading and Writing the African/Diaspora: Africa and the Carribean” with chair Daryl Dance (University of |
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Maryemma Graham is awarded the CLA Lifetime Achievement Award |
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Panel “What’s Race Got to Do With it? – Then and Now” with Jessica Wicks (Howard University), Matthew Broussard |
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Dr. Howard Rambsy of Southern Illinois University moderating the panel, “What’s Race got to do with it? –Then and Now.” |
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John Edgar Tidwell (KU), Matthew Broussard (KU), and Portia Owusu (KU) tabling at CLA. |
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Panel “Margaret Walker’s Jubilee Revisited” with Seretha Williams (Georgia Regents University), Doris Davenport, |
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HBW’s Board Meeting with Doretha Williams, Howard Rambsy (SIU), Amy Earhart (TAMU), Maryemma Graham (KU), |
Events, February 2016
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Black Literary Suite staff event photo. From Left to right: Kevin Powell, Simone Savannah, Dominique Waller, BLS participant, Kierstin McMichael, Crystal Bradshaw, and Matthew Broussard - February 2016. |
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HBW staff member Kristin Coffey working with recovered manuscripts, April 2015. |
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HBW staff member Kierstin McMichael introducing Kevin Powell - February 2016. |
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Black Literary Suite event photo – February 2016. |
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Graduate student Simone Savannah reading poems before the Kevin Powell talk – February 2016. |
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2015 NEH Summer Institute - Black Poetry after the Black Arts Movement. |
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Black Literary Suite: Sports Figures with a Kansas Connection event photo – February 2016. |
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2015 Black Literary Suite, "Black Writers with a Kansas Connection". |
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Black Literary Suite: Sports Figures with a Kansas Connection, February 18th, 2016. |
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Dr. Maryemma Graham kicking off the Black Literary Suite reception – February 2016. |
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Black Literary Suite 2016 Special Guests. Left to right, top to bottom: Maryemma Graham, Dr. Marlene Mawson, Kevin Powell, Leonard Monroe, and Ernie Shelby - February 2016. |
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Graduate student Matthew Broussard talks about the significance of this year’s Black Literary Suite – February 2016. |
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Writer and activist Kevin Powell speaking at KU - February 2016. |
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Dr. Marlene Mawson (“The Mother of KU Athletics”) talks about her experiences at KU – February 2016. |
What does Freedom Look Like?
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Open mic night – “What Does Freedom Look Like Now?” hosted by the Student Writers Workshop at KU. |
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Open mic participant Emily Donovan. |
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Graduate Student Jameela Jones reads a poem. |
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Open mic participant. |
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Open mic hosts Emily Donovan and Crystal Bradshaw. |
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Open mic participant reads her piece. |
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Graduate Student Jameela Jones reads a poem. |
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Open mic participant. |
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Professor Darren Canady reads during open mic night. |
Staff & Supporters
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Flyer for the 2015 Juneteenth program at South Park. |
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Meta DuEwa Jones reading poetry at The Raven during the 2015 Black Poetry after the Black Arts Movement NEH Summer Institute. |
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Kierstin McMichael and Crystal Bradshaw working in the HBW office – April 2015 |
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Book showcase for the 2015 Black Literary Suite – “Black Writers with a Kansas Connection” |
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Reception for the 2014 Sneak Peek participants. |
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Flyer for the 2015 Black Literary Suite |
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Tyehimba Jess performing a poem during the 2015 Black Poetry after the Black Arts Movement NEH Summer Institute. |
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Visitors look through the showcased books during the 2015 Black Literary Suite. |
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Professor Ayesha Hardison (KU English) and Prof Graham examine a newly acquired rare book by Pauli Murray, States’ Laws on Race and Color. |
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2014 Langston Hughes visiting professor Ayesha Hardison presenting work from her new book, Writing Through Jane Crow: Race and Gender Politics in African American Literature. Dr. Hardison joined the KU faculty in fall 2015. |
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Panel and reception, “Poetry and its Futures,” during the 2015 Black Poetry NEH Summer Institute. The panel consisted of Joanne Gabbin, Stephanie Fitzgerald, Frank X Walker, Lauri Ramey, Megan Kaminski, and Kevin Young. |
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Crystal Bradshaw reading from her debut novel manuscript Eliza: A Generational Journey for Juneteenth, 2015. |
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2015 CLA New Scholars Panelist Luncheon. |
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KU Senior and HBW staff member Kierstin McMichael is inducted into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa honor society, May 2016. |
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Maryemma Graham speaking to the NEH Summer Scholars during the 2015 Black Poetry after the Black Arts Movement NEH Summer Institute. |
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Harryette Mullen reading poetry at The Raven during the 2015 Black Poetry after the Black Arts Movement NEH Summer Institute. |
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Brenda Marie Osbey presenting to the NEH Summer Scholars during the 2015 Black Poetry after the Black Arts Movement summer institute. |
