2009 Barbara Ransby on Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
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2009 Barbara Ransby on Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
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Flyer for a talk by Dr. Barbara Ransby, "Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision" held at UM-Dearborn on March 19, 2009.
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UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-DEARBORN
Women's History Month Keynote Lecture
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision
presented by
Dr. Barbara Ransby
Associate Professor,
Department of History and Department of African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
Thursday, March 19 6:00 p.m. • 1030 CB University of Michigan-Dearborn
Barbara Ransby is a historian, writer, and longtime political activist. She has published dozens of articles and essays in popular and scholarly venues, and is most notably the author of an award-winning biography of civil rights activist Ella Baker, entitled Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision. Professor Ransby received a BA in History from Columbia University and an MA and PhD in History from the University of Michigan.
This event is funded by the State of Michigan King/Chavez/Parks Visiting Professor Initiative administered by the Office of the Provost.
Co-sponsored by: Women's and Gender Studies, African African-American Studies, Women’s Resource Center, and the Department of Social Sciences.
For more information, please contact Sharie Beard: sbeard@umd.umich.edu or (313) 593-4925.
The University of Michigan-Dearborn does not necessarily endorse speakers views.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-DEARBORN
Women's History Month Keynote Lecture
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision
presented by
Dr. Barbara Ransby
Associate Professor,
Department of History and Department of African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago
Thursday, March 19 6:00 p.m. • 1030 CB University of Michigan-Dearborn
Barbara Ransby is a historian, writer, and longtime political activist. She has published dozens of articles and essays in popular and scholarly venues, and is most notably the author of an award-winning biography of civil rights activist Ella Baker, entitled Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision. Professor Ransby received a BA in History from Columbia University and an MA and PhD in History from the University of Michigan.
This event is funded by the State of Michigan King/Chavez/Parks Visiting Professor Initiative administered by the Office of the Provost.
Co-sponsored by: Women's and Gender Studies, African African-American Studies, Women’s Resource Center, and the Department of Social Sciences.
For more information, please contact Sharie Beard: sbeard@umd.umich.edu or (313) 593-4925.
The University of Michigan-Dearborn does not necessarily endorse speakers views.
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Women's and Gender Studies, University of Michigan-Dearborn
African African-American Studies, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Women's Resource Center, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Department of Social Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Date
March 19, 2009
