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Friday, April 14<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n The Legacy of Margaret Walker <\/p>\n Margaret Walker Center Reception<\/span> <\/p>\n Saturday, April 15<\/strong><\/span> <\/p>\n Concurrent Session I<\/span> Panel 1: <\/strong>Written<\/span> Southern Girls: Articulating Radical Black Female Pleasure & Sweetness On My Side of Town Finding My Seat at the Table: Reflections on the Black Experience in the American South Moderator:\u00a0<\/strong>Christina Thomas, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Panel 2: <\/strong>Visual Arts, Poetry, Spoken Word <\/span> A Sister\u2019s Love (Ode to My Brothers) Her Home Place Remembered Moderator:\u00a0<\/strong>Mark Geil, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Concurrent Session II<\/span> Panel 3: <\/strong>Visual Arts, Poetry, Spoken Word<\/span> Harlem Art in the Wind Silent Slaughter Moderator:\u00a0<\/strong>Latrice Lawson, Mississippi Museum of Art<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Panel 4: <\/strong>Written<\/span> Benchmarking the Legacy of a Servant Leader Scholar Breaking the Mold: Conversations Among Generations of Black Women Writers A Way Out Moderator:\u00a0<\/strong> Garrad Lee, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Panel 5: <\/strong>Written<\/span> When the World Says You Are Not Enough: A Critical Analysis Breaking Boundaries: The Artistic Legacy of the Black South Moderator:\u00a0<\/strong>Wonderful Faison, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mississippi Zion: The Struggle for Liberation in Attala County, 1865-1915<\/em> <\/p>\n Concurrent Session III<\/span> Panel 6: <\/strong>Visual Arts<\/span> Distant Relatives Pointillism The Road Less Traveled Moderator:<\/strong> Brittany Myburgh, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Panel 7: <\/strong>Poetry, Spoken Word<\/span> Email Unsent: Draft Grandmother on Motherhood In the Dark Moderator:\u00a0<\/strong>RaShell Smith-Spears<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Margaret Walker, Black Women Writers, and the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival Schedule of Events Friday, April 14 The Future of the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State: A Feasibility Study Sharice McCain, Marlin King and Christina Berry, NEOO Partners Robert Luckett, MWC Director JSU Student Center Theater 2:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. \u00a0 The Legacy of Margaret Walker Dr. Maryemma Graham and Dr. Carolyn Denard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":3961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[22],"tags":[23],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3960"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4320,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions\/4320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/margaretwalkercenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Future of the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State: A Feasibility Study
\n<\/em>Sharice McCain, Marlin King and Christina Berry, NEOO Partners<\/span>
\nRobert Luckett, MWC Director<\/span>
\nJSU Student Center Theater<\/span>
\n2:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Dr. Maryemma Graham and Dr. Carolyn Denard<\/span>
\nKeynote Conversation<\/span>
\nAyer Hall and Margaret Walker Center\u00a0Facebook<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0YouTube<\/a><\/span>\u00a0pages<\/span>
\n3:00 p.m. to 4:20 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAyer Hall<\/span>
\n4:30 p.m. until<\/span><\/p>\n
\nRegistration and Q&A: Continental Breakfast<\/span>
\nJSU Student Center<\/span>
\n8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAyer Hall Gallery and JSU Student Center room 3250<\/span>
\n9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nJSU Student Center room 3250<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Kaelyn Conley, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Brittany Wilson, Millsaps College<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>LaAsia Harper, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n
\nMargaret Walker Center, Ayer Hall Gallery<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Chioma Ajuonuma, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Jai Williams, University of Mississippi<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>The Last King
\n<\/em>Shelia Malone, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n
\nJohnson Hall Art Gallery and JSU Student Center rooms 3210 and 3250
\n10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nJohnson Hall Art Gallery<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>LaParis Harper, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>LaAsia Harper, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Sharon
\n<\/em>Bare as Line
\n<\/em>Michael Montgomery, Millsaps College<\/span><\/p>\n
\nJSU Student Center room 3250<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Akinola Gonzalez, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Jeremy McDuffey, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Sondra Lee-Bell, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHybrid: Zoom & JSU Student Center room 3210
\nhttps:\/\/jacksonstateu.zoom.us\/j\/83596159726?pwd=ckZ6Q1FJUWphaDNUdGo1eWFVMC8vZz09<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>of the Intersection between Human Desire and Race
\n<\/em>Lauren Washington, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Xavien Mitchell, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Dr. E. Howard Ashford, SUNY Oneonta<\/span>
\nAssistant Professor of History, Africana, and LatinX Studies<\/span>
\nInterim Director, Center for Racial Justice and Inclusive Excellence<\/span>
\nLuncheon and Talk<\/span>
\nJSU Student Center Ballroom and Margaret Walker Center Facebook<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0YouTube<\/a><\/span>\u00a0pages<\/span>
\n12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nJohnson Hall Art Gallery and JSU Student Center room 3250 (Hybrid)<\/span>
\n1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nJohnson Hall Art Gallery<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Lee Payton, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Jonathan McDonald, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>\u201cCockril\u201d<\/span>
\n\u201cLearning By Myself\u201d<\/span>
\n\u201cIsolated By Myself\u201d<\/span>
\nKimberley Moten, Delta State University<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHybrid: Zoom & JSU Student Center room 3250
\nhttps:\/\/jacksonstateu.zoom.us\/j\/82080366870?pwd=MVdRNlpYM2w3VmtqQ3Rqb0trUUtYUT09<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>I am Human, Not a Product
\n<\/em>Stimming in Spades
\n<\/em>Printing Prep Work
\n<\/em>Michael Montgomery, Millsaps College<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Grandmother on Menfolk
\n<\/em>Grandmother on Going to Church
\n<\/em>Grandmother on Country Eatin
\n<\/em>Michelle Rankins, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>MaKenna Collins, Jackson State University<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Dr. Maryemma Graham, Distinguished Professor of English, University of Kansas<\/span>
\nIntroduction by Dr. Carolyn Brown<\/span>
\nKeynote Address and Closing Awards
\nJSU Student Center Theater and Margaret Walker Center Facebook<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0YouTube<\/a><\/span>\u00a0pages<\/span>
\n3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"