Johns Hopkins University Center for Africana Studies presents The Civil Rights Century: The NAACP at 100 Feb. 6-7, 2009.
It’s been one hundred years since an interracial group of activists met in New York City to form the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in February 1909. For a nation that is less than 250 years old, the centennial of the NAACP is a major milestone. Using the NAACP as a lens, how much has changed in American race relations over the past 100 years? How far do we have to go? “The Civil Rights Century: The NAACP at 100” is a public history conference that commemorates the NAACP’s long history and encourages dialogue on the nation’s racial past, present, and future.
The call for papers deadline is Oct. 31, 2008.
