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SUMMARY:A Voice from the "Present Past": W. E. B. Du Bois and his Lessons for Our Time:  A Special Lecture by Dr. Whitney Battle-Baptiste
DESCRIPTION:RSVP here.\nLivestream link here.\n\nA Voice from the 
 “Present Past”: W. E. B. Du Bois and His Lessons for Our Time\n\n“Dr. 
 Du Bois has left us\, but he has not died. The spirit of freedom is not 
 buried in the grave of the valiant.” So said Martin Luther King Jr. on 
 what would have been W. E. B. Du Bois’s 100th birthday. The spirit of Du 
 Bois has given strength and purpose to scholars and advocates for social 
 justice since his passing in 1963. His written work continues to inspire 
 readers yearning for a keener insight into the troubled history of race in 
 this country. It also provides intellectual and philosophical frameworks 
 for understanding global affairs and the continued international struggle 
 for equality. Du Bois’s life as an activist continues to provide a 
 shining example for those struggling for justice in our own time.\n\nThis 
 talk will describe how and why Du Bois remains such an important voice\, 
 despite being dead for over sixty years. It will explore the ways his life 
 and words can help us find a way through our current moment of uncertainty 
 and unrest. It will describe the work that is being done to promote and 
 preserve his incredible legacy in places like Ghana\, New York\, Great 
 Barrington\, and right here at UMass Amherst.\n\nThe Speaker\n\nWhitney 
 Battle-Baptiste\, is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology and 
 Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Center at UMass Amherst. A native of the 
 Bronx\, New York\, Dr. Battle-Baptiste is an activist-scholar who sees the 
 classroom and campus as a space to engage contemporary issues with a 
 sensibility of the past. Her academic training is in Black study\, history 
 and historical archaeology. Her research critically engages the 
 interconnectedness of race\, gender\, class\, and sexuality through an 
 archaeological lens. Her research sites include Andrew Jackson's Hermitage 
 Plantation\, the Abiel Smith School on Beacon Hill in Boston\, the W. E. B. 
 Du Bois Homesite (or House of the Black Burghardts) in Great Barrington\, 
 MA\, and a community-based heritage site at Millars Plantation\, on the 
 Bahamian island of Eleuthera. Her books include\, Black Feminist 
 Archaeology (2011)\, and W. E. B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits: Visualizing 
 Black America (2018)\, co-edited with Britt Rusert. She is currently 
 completing the second edition of Black Feminist Archaeology with Routledge 
 and co-edited a volume on new directions in research about W. E. B. Du Bois 
 with University of UMass Press.\n\nDr. Battle-Baptiste has served as the 
 Chair of the Black Advisory Council at UMass Amherst\, President of the 
 American Anthropological Association (2023-2025)\, and the 2024/2025 
 Charles Norton Memorial Lecturer for the Archaeological Institute of 
 America.\n\n\nLocation: W. E. B. Du Bois Library\, Floor 22\, Room 2220\, 
 W. E. B. Du Bois Center or Online
LOCATION:W. E. B. Du Bois Library\, Room 2220 (Floor 22)
ORGANIZER;CN="UMass Amherst Libraries":MAILTO:ref@library.umass.edu
CATEGORIES:Lectures, W. E. B. Du Bois Center
CONTACT;CN="UMass Amherst Libraries":MAILTO:ref@library.umass.edu
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