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Program
Thursday October 26, 2006
Shirley Graham Du Bois Library,
New Africa
House
8:00 pm
A Celebration of Paul Laurence Dunbar with reading by
Students and Faculty from the English, Afro-American Studies and Theater
Departments along with Symposium speakers
Friday October 27, 2006
Moran Conference Room, Bartlett
Hall 316
A Symposium on the
Work of Paul Laurence Dunbar
| 9 AM |
Welcome |
Joseph T Skerrett, Jr.,
Convener
Dean Joel Martin
University of Massachusetts Amherst
College of Humanities and Fine Arts |
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| 10 AM |
Keynote Speaker |
Joanne Braxton,
The College of William and
Mary |
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| 11 AM |
Session 1 Dunbar as
Fictionist |
Gene Jarrett
University of Maryland,
College Park
John Wharton Lowe
Louisiana State University |
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| 12:30 PM |
Lunch |
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| 2 PM |
Session 2: Dunbar as
Poet |
James Smethurst
University of Massachusetts
Amherst
Nadia Nurhussein
University of Massachusetts
Boston |
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| 3:30 PM |
Session 3: Dunbar as
Influence and Forefather |
Kalamu ya Salaam,
poet |
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| 5 PM |
Reception |
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