• Achieving Equality in the Age of Obama
    August 20, 2009 - 5:00pm
    Journalist
    Moderated by Charlayne Hunter-Gault
    Visual Op-Ed Columnist, New York Times
    Charles M. Blow
    W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University
    Lawrence D. Bobo
    W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences, Harvard University
    Linda Darling-Hammond
    Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies, Princeton University
    Melissa Harris-Lacewell
    Provost, Columbia University; Former Lucie Stern Professor in the Social Sciences, Stanford University
    Claude Steele
    W. E. B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University presents its annual Martha's Vineyard Forum.
    Hosted by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
    Editor-in-Chief, TheRoot.com, Director, W. E. B. Du Bois Institute, Harvard University

     

    Old Whaling Church, 89 Main Street, Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard
    495
  • Looking for Lincoln Promo
    June 1, 2009 (All day)
    Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
    The trailer for Henry Louis Gates' new 2-hour PBS series, Looking for Lincoln

     

    Airing on PBS - check local listings
    270
  • Kellie Jones and Stacy L. Leeds - Fletcher Fellowship Lectures
    May 18, 2009 - 4:00pm
    Associate Professor of Art History and of Archaeology, Columbia University
    Kellie Jones
    Professor of Law, University of Kansas School of Law
    Stacy L. Leeds
    Lecture 1: Family Archives: Life / Art / Writing
    Lecture 2: Sovereignty and Consequences: Cherokee Legal History and Freedmen

     

    Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
    333
  • Scarred Justice - Film Trailer
    May 12, 2009 - 6:00pm
    Barker Center
    307
  • Robert Stepto - W. E. B. Du Bois Lecture Series
    April 29, 2009 - 5:00pm
    Professor of African American Studies, English, and American Studies at Yale University
    Robert Stepto
    Reading the Classics in the Age of Obama
    Lecture 3: Tony Morrison and Barack Obama: "Playing With Difference"

     

    Tsai Auditorium, CGIS, 1730 Cambridge Street
    327
  • Robert Stepto - W. E. B. Du Bois Lecture Series
    April 28, 2009 - 4:00pm
    Professor of African American Studies, English, and American Studies at Yale University
    Robert Stepto
    Reading the Classics in the Age of Obama
    Lecture 2: W. E. B. Du Bois, Barack Obama, and the Search for Race

     

    Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge
    326
  • Robert Stepto - W. E. B. Du Bois Lecture Series
    April 27, 2009 - 4:00pm
    Professor of African American Studies, English, and American Studies at Yale University
    Robert Stepto
    Reading the Classics in the Age of Obama
    Lecture 1: Frederick Douglass, Barack Obama, and the Search for Patrimony

     

    Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
    325
  • Neil Foley - Nathan I. Huggins Lecture Series
    April 23, 2009 - 4:00pm
    Associate Professor of History and American Studies, University of Texas
    Neil Foley
    Jim Crow Good Neighbors: The Failed Promise of Black-Brown Solidarity
    Lecture 3: Black v. Brown and Brown v. Board

     

    Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
    324
  • Neil Foley - Nathan I. Huggins Lecture Series
    April 22, 2009 - 4:00pm
    Associate Professor of History and American Studies, University of Texas
    Neil Foley
    Jim Crow Good Neighbors: The Failed Promise of Black-Brown Solidarity
    Lecture 2: The Politics of Race in the Fight for Fair Employment Practices

     

    Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge
    323
  • Neil Foley - Nathan I. Huggins Lecture Series
    April 21, 2009 - 5:00pm
    Associate Professor of History and American Studies, University of Texas
    Neil Foley
    Jim Crow Good Neighbors: The Failed Promise of Black-Brown Solidarity
    Lecture 1: Bringing the Good Neighbor Policy Home to the U.S.

     

    CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street
    322