BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 RDATE:20130310T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 RDATE:20131103T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130218T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130218T170000 LOCATION:Watzek Library Classroom GEO:45.450919;-122.669177 SUMMARY:Keynote Lecture: Leigh Raiford\, PhD DESCRIPTION:Dr. Leigh Raiford's lecture is entitled "Civil Rights Movemen t Photography and Its Legacies" \; In Fall 2010\, just as it was ann ounced that a museum would open to celebrate the life and work of famed c ivil rights movement photographer\, Ernest C. Withers\, revelations surfa ced that Withers had worked from at least 1968 to 1970 as a paid FBI info rmant. \;The debates that ensued among civil rights activists\, hist orians\, journalists\, photography buffs\, pundits\, bloggers and everyda y folk about Withers' guilt or innocence revealed continuing anxieties ab out black heritage\, the legacies and memory of the civil rights movement \, and the darker side of a movement we have enfolded into our popular cu lture as the apex of America's efforts to better itself. \;It also b rought to the surface concerns about artistic intent and aesthetic value. \;This talk explores what role photography–as document\, as art\, and as surveillance–played in the modern civil rights movement and how the medium continues to shape our memories of the "Second Reconstruction ." Dr. Leigh Raiford is Associate Professor of African American Studies at UC Berkeley. She also serves as affiliate faculty in American Studies\ , and Gender &\; Women's Studies. Dr. Leigh Raiford received her BA fr om Wesleyan University\, her PhD from Yale University\, and was the Woodr ow Wilson Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University's John Hope Franklin Cen ter for Interdisciplinary and International Studies. February 18th\, 4:0 0pm at the Watzek Library Classroom \; \; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Dr. Leigh Raiford's lecture is entitled "Civil Rights Movement Photography and Its Legacies" \;
In F all 2010\, just as it was announced that a museum would open to celebrate the life and work of famed civil rights movement photographer\, Ernest C . Withers\, revelations surfaced that Withers had worked from at least 19 68 to 1970 as a paid FBI informant. \;The debates that ensued among civil rights activists\, historians\, journalists\, photography buffs\, p undits\, bloggers and everyday folk about Withers' guilt or innocence rev ealed continuing anxieties about black heritage\, the legacies and memory of the civil rights movement\, and the darker side of a movement we have enfolded into our popular culture as the apex of America's efforts to be tter itself. \;It also brought to the surface concerns about artisti c intent and aesthetic value. \;This talk explores what role photogr aphy–as document\, as art\, and as surveillance–played in the modern civil rights movement and how the medium continues to shape our memories of the "Second Reconstruction."
Dr. Leigh Raiford is Associate Pr ofessor of African American Studies at UC Berkeley. She also serves as af filiate faculty in American Studies\, and Gender &\; Women's Studies. Dr. Leigh Raiford received her BA from Wesleyan University\, her PhD from Yale University\, and was the Woodrow Wilson Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University's John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and Interna tional Studies.
February 18th\, 4:00pm at the Watzek Library Clas
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