AHA Session 28
Thursday, January 6, 2022: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Powerhouse Theater (Ashé Cultural Arts Center, 1713 Baronne Street)
Chair:
Don Hernandez, Southern University Baton Rouge
Panel:
Malik Rahim, civil rights, housing, and prison activist
Doratha “Dodie” Smith-Simmons, civil rights activist
Malcom Suber, Southern University New Orleans
Doris White, Southern University Baton Rouge
Doratha “Dodie” Smith-Simmons, civil rights activist
Malcom Suber, Southern University New Orleans
Doris White, Southern University Baton Rouge
This session will be held offsite in the Powerhouse Theater at the Ashé Cultural Arts Center at 1713 Baronne Street. Bus transportation will be provided. Meet in Preservation Hall, Studio 1 at the New Orleans Marriott at 3 p.m. to check in for the bus. The bus will depart the hotel at 3:15 p.m. Return bus service will depart the Ashé Cultural Arts Center at 5 p.m.
Comment:
Lynnell Thomas, University of Massachusetts Boston
Session Abstract
This roundtable explores the firsthand experiences of Louisianians who advocated for social and legal justice as young people in the 1960s and 70s. New Orleans and south Louisiana are often left out of the public history of the Civil Rights Movement and modern racial justice movements, even though this region has produced frontline activists who have been leaders in local, regional, and national struggles. In addition to expanding the historical narrative of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements through the stories of these veterans, this roundtable will consider what lessons and insights they can provide for young people active in today's struggles against structural racism and police violence against Black and brown people.
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