Contextualizing the Modern Black Experience, 1968-present

Posted by Philadelphia Black History Collaborative on January 23, 2017

1ST ANNUAL PHILADELPHIA BLACK HISTORY COLLABORATIVE CONFERENCE 2017

CONTROLLING OUR NARRATIVE
Conference Theme: Oppression, Resistance, and Accommodation: Contextualizing the Modern Black Experience, 1968-present

Confirmed Speaker:
Princeton Professor and acclaimed author Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
When: February 11, 2017
Where: Kensington CAPA High School (1901 North Front Street Philadelphia, PA 19122)
Time: 8:30 am- 4:00pm
Cost: Free

In 1967, 3,500 Philadelphia students walked out of several high schools demanding African American History be taught in School District of Philadelphia schools. The following decades saw a continuous call for a Black studies curriculum, culminating with the SRC mandate of 2005 African American History becoming a required course to graduate from Philadelphia High Schools. Please join us in the continuation of this legacy of Self-Determination

History is a people’s memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to lower animals.
-Malcolm X

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