Join us for this first event of the Southeastern Texas African and African American Studies Consortium, a partnership between Prairie View A&M University, Rice University, Texas Southern University and the University of Houston.

Welcome and Introduction:

Anthony Pinn - Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities; Professor of Religion; Director, Center for African and African American Studies, Rice University

Discussion Panelists:

Gerald Horne - Moores Professor of History and African American Studies, University of Houston
"The Second Counter-Revolution: Texas Slavery and Jim Crow and the Roots of U.S. Fascism"

Melanye Price - Endowed Professor of Political Science; Director, Ruth J. Simmons Center for Race and Justice, Prairie View A&M University
"Building African American Studies at HBCUs"

Nicole Waligora-Davis - Associate Professor of English; Member, Steering Committee, Center for African and African American Studies, Rice University
"Black Matters: Shaping the Future of Black Studies at Rice"

Cary D. Wintz ’65 - Distinguished Professor of History; Director, History MA Program, Texas Southern University
"African American History, Houston and Texas Southern University"

Q&A Moderator:

Fay Yarbrough, Rice University ’97 - Associate Professor of History; Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Special Projects, School of Humanities; Affiliated Faculty, Center for African and African American Studies, Rice University

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