Concurrent Sessions
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
1:00-1:50 p.m. JSU Student Center Room 3210
Local Historically Black College Students’ Involvement in Freedom Summer 1964
Jason Gibson, Jackson State University
Not Just a Slave Trade: Culinary Influence in Africa Diaspora
Sasha Goodlett, Jackson State University
SNCC Cultural Strategy in Mississippi
Daniel Johnson, Jackson State University
Moderator: Janice Brockley, Jackson State University
1:00-1:50 p.m. JSU Student Center Room 3241, Poetry
Magnolia
Tyler Harden, Jackson State University
Blackman Walking
Iasia Collins, Jackson State University
Free the Land of Jackson, Mississippi
Cynthia Jones, Hinds Community College
Moderator: Kathy Pitts, Jackson State University
1:00-1:50 p.m. JSU Student Center Room 3250
White Saviors: Why Accepting White People’s Apology
for Not Being Racist is Toxic to African-American Identity
Clay Morris, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
Through the Eyes of a Humanist
Arrison Martin, Jackson State University
BST
Timberly Jones, Jackson State University
Moderator: Laura Miller, Jackson State University
1:00-1:50 p.m. Ayer Hall
The Blue Women of the African Diaspora
Nytaya Babbitt, Murrah High School
Moderator: Kenyatta Stewart, Jackson State University
Thursday, April 13, 2017
9:00-10:15 a.m. Ayer Hall
Triggers
Brittany Keys, Jackson State University
Growing Up in the American South
Latajah Alleshia-Marie Wilcoxon, Alabama State University
Moderator: Christopher Ian Foster, Jackson State University
9:00-10:15 a.m. JSU Student Center Room 3241
River Road Ramble: The Rhetoric of Plantation Tours
Prioritizing the Privileged
Jules Gonsulin, Millsaps College
Creole Intersectionality
Elizabeth Hambuchen, Millsaps College
The Story of Slavery
Zaria Bonds, Millsaps College
Moderator: Anita M. DeRouen, Millsaps College
9:00-10:15 a.m. JSU Student Center Room 3250
A Black Woman Growing Up in the South
Maya Miller, Jackson State University
Silent Culture among African Americans
Lynda Hasberry, Jackson State University
Effect of Socioeconomic Factors on African American
News Media Source Preference & Political Knowledge
Jasmine Jackson, Jackson State University
Moderator: Shanna Smith, Jackson State University
9:00-10:15 a.m. JSU Student Center Theater, Poetry
Intersectionality: How Black Voices Changed the World of Poetry and Music
Tyler Harden, OutSpoken Arts Collective
Jackson State University
Keleigh Williams, OutSpoken Arts Collective
Jackson State University
Andre Dyson, OutSpoken Arts Collective
Jackson State University
Melik Gooden, OutSpoken Arts Collective
Jackson State University
Moderator: Seneca Wilson, Syracuse University
Thursday, April 13, 2017
2:30-3:45 p.m. Ayer Hall
The Spiritual and Religious Development of African Americans in Antebellum Mississippi
Jermarcus Bounds, Jackson State University
Holmes County School District: Before, During, and After Alexander v. Holmes County
Antwayn Patrick, Jackson State University
The Public School System of Mississippi
Jerry Lewis, Jackson State University
Voter Suppression in Tallahatchie County
Angelic Willingham, Jackson State University
Moderator: Rico Chapman, Jackson State University
2:30-3:45 p.m. JSU Student Center Room 3241
Caribbean Literature
Panel Chair: Christopher Ian Foster, Jackson State University
The Reclamation of Queer Diaspora Literature
Brittany Latham, Jackson State University
Dissecting the Slave Mentality
Lauren Veal, Jackson State University
Response: Tomaz Cunningham, Jackson State University
2:30-3:45 p.m. JSU Student Center Theater
The 30th of May
Documentary
The 30th of May is a 28-minute documentary that uncovers the remarkable, untold story of an African
American-led Memorial Day tradition in the Deep South which dates back to the end of the Civil War.
James Theres, Jackson State University, Writer, Director, Producer
Chris Windfield, Producer, Director of Cinematography
Darrell White, Natchez African American Museum
Ser Sehs Ab Heter, Natchez Historian
Moderator: Robert Luckett, Jackson State University