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2006 Dayton NAACP ElectionPlease join us! Professor Michael Blakey, National Endowment for the Humanities Professor College of William and Mary will be speaking on Thursday, January 25 "New York's African Burial Ground: From National Secret to National Monument" January 25, 2007 4:30 p.m. Heritage Room (Shriver Center) Miami University (Oxford campus) The 1991 rediscovery of a cemetery for Africans enslaved in coloniall New York City led to national controversy and international discussion. Evidence of prevalent slavery and African contributions in "the North" had not been shared with the American public until the remains of perhaps 20,000 African burials were found. The Federal Government's disrespectful treatment of the burial site outraged African Americans, who brought political power to bear, preventing part of a federal building project from going forward. Public questioning of whether or not studies of excavated human skeletons should proceed furthered anthropological debates about science and ethics. Today, the site has become the newest United States National Monument and the final reports of extensive research were completed in 2006. The Scientific Director of the African Burial Ground Project will discuss the results of a unique 12 year study. Co-Sponsored by the Black History Celebration Committee and the Center for American and World Cultures with support from the American Studies Program, the Department of Anthropology, the Department of History, and the Roger and Joyce Howe Center for Writing Excellence To learn more about bioarchaeologist Michael Blakey and the African Burial Ground project, please visit our website, www.muohio.edu/cawc Click on "calendar of events", then click January, then click, Michael Blakey. I think you will all find his autobiographical statement as compelling as his research interests and accomplishments. Thanks, Mary Jane Berman Dr. Mary Jane Berman, Director Center for American and World Cultures; Associate Professor, Anthropology 105 MacMillan Hall Miami University |
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