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Malcolm Remembered: 25 Years of Research and Retrospective Reflection

Chairperson:

Abdul Alkalimat, Conference Convener

Spiritual Blessing:

Iyalode Onisegun
Father Lawrence Lucas
Imam Talib Abdur Hashid

Welcome:

Dr. Augusta Kappner, President BMCC
Dr. Betty Shabazz, Wife of Malcolm X/Malik Shabazz

Commemorative Poem:

Amiri Baraka, Poet Laureate of Black Liberation

Panel:

Dr. C. Eric Lincoln, Duke University, author of Black Muslims in America

Dr. Margaret Burroughs, founder of the DuSable Museum of African American History, co-editor of For Malcolm: Poems of Celebration

Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Emeritus Professor, Hunter College, editor of Malcolm X: The Man and His Times

Alex Haley, author of Roots, collaborator on the Autobiography of Malcolm X

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Theoretical Perspectives on Malcolm X

Chairperson:

Pat Wagner, New York Activist Educator

Panel:

Lou Turner, News and Letters, co-author of Frantz Fanon, Soweto, and American Black Thought

Molefi Kete Asante assisted by James Conyers, Temple University, author of Kemet, AfroCentricity, and Knowledge

Clarence J. Munford, University of Guelph (Canada), author of Production Relations, Class and Black Liberation: A Marxist Perspective in African American Studies

Abdul Alkalimat, 21st Century Books, author of Introduction to Afro-American Studies: A Peoples College Primer

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Malcolm X in New York

Chairperson:

Preston Wilcox, Malcolm X Lovers Network

Panel:

Kwame M. A. Somburu, Socialist Action

Yuri Kochiyama, Activist, close associate of Malcolm X

Bill Epton, Activist, author of The Black Liberation Struggle Within the Current World Struggle

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Malcolm X in Ghana

Chairperson:

Biodun Jeyifo, Cornell University 

Panel:

Robert Coles, Hampshire College

Vicki Garvin, Activist, worked with Malcolm X in Ghana

Alice Windom, Lecturer, worked with Malcolm in Ghana

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Malcolm X and Muhammad Speaks Newspaper

Chairperson:

Arthur Lewin, Bernard Baruch College

Panel:

Tim Johnson, Peoples Daily World, author of Malcolm X. A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography

John Woodford, University of Michigan, former Editor in Chief of Muhammad Speaks Newspaper

Joe Walker, Trade Unionist, former New York Editor of Muhammad Speaks Newspaper

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Malcolm X, Islam and Black Liberation

Chairperson:

Michael Williams, Simmons College

Panel:

Benjamin Kareem, former associate of Malcolm X

Margarita Asha Samad-Matias, City College of New York

Yusuf Nurrudin, John Jay College

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Malcolm X, Art and Culture

Chairperson:

Maryemma Graham, Northeastern University

Panel:

Herb Boyd, cultural critic publishing in Amsterdam News and The Guardian Newspapers

Tom Porter, cultural critic, author of "Social Roots of African Ameruican Music"

St. Clair Bourne, award winning film maker

Malik Edwards, Malcolm X Day Committee of Washington, D.C.

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Malcolm X and Third World Leadership

Chairperson:

Omayemi Agbeyegbe, Queens College CUNY

Panel:

Don Rojas, Executive Editor of Amsterdam News

David Johnson, George Washington University

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New Research on Malcolm X

Chairperson:

Ron Bailey, Northeastern University

Panel:

William Sales, Seton Hall University, author of Southern Africa: Same Struggle, Same Fight

Bell Hooks, Oberlin College, author of Yearning: Critiques of Race, Gender, and Class

James Cone, Union theological Seminary, author of Martin and Malcolm: American Dream or Nightmare?

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Black Liberation and Social Revolution: U.S.A. Perspectives

Chairperson:

Abdul Alkalimat, 21st Century Books

Panel:

Chokwe Lumumba, New African Peoples Organization, By Any Means Necessary Newspaper

Linda Burnham, Frontline Political Organization, Crossroards Magazine

Bill Fletcher, Freedom Road Organization, Forward Motion Journal

Nelson Peery, Communist Labor Party, Peoples Tribune Newspaper

 Contributor Profiles

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Black Liberation and Social Revolution: World Perspectives

Chairperson:

Julialynn Walker, Ida B. Wells Institute of Memphis, Tennessee

Panel:

Gus John, Black Parents Movement, (London)

Edwin Madunagu, Guardian Newspaper (Nigeria)

Lydia Turner, Institue for Educational Research (Cuba)

Erroll McCleod, Oufields Workers Trade Union (Trinidad-Tobago)

Abdul Rahman Muhammad Babu, author of African Socialism or A Socialist Africa

Contributor Profiles

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Youth Culture and Rebellion

Chairperson:

Joe Wood, Village Voice

Panel:

Charles Webster, Independent African Youth Movement

Lisa Jones, co-author of Mo Better Blues

Michael LaRose, Association for A Peoples Carnival in London

Ms Melody, Rap Artist KRS-1, Rap Artist

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Can We Make Schools Work in Communities That Don't?

Chairperson:

Don Murphy, New York Activist Educator

Panel:

Bruce Hare, Syracuse University

Larry Rushing, Vassar College

Bob Law, radio talk show host

Gus John, Black Parents Movement (London)

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Can Blacks and Latinos Trust Each Other?

Chairperson:

Palmira Rios, New School for Social Research

Panel:

Richie Perez, Community Service Society

Estella Vazquez, Local 1199, Hospital Workers Union

Andy Torres, Center for Puerto

George Priestly, Queens College

Esperanza Martel, Activist

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Does the Southern Struggle Still Exist?

Chairperson:

Ebon Dooley, Little 5 Points Community Center (Atlanta)

Panel:

Saladin Muhammad, Black Workers for Justice (Rocky Mount, North Carolina)

Akinjele Umoja, New African Peoples Organization (Atlanta)

Albert Thrasher, Afro-American Liberation League (New Orleans)

Gary Washington, Local 527 Graphics Communications Union

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Fighting the Plagues of Aids and Drugs

Chairperson:

Sam Anderson, Network of Black Organizers

Panel:

Clarence Lusane, National Alliance of Third World Journalists

Cedric Hendricks, Ward 4 Substance Abuse Action Team

Sylvia Hill, University of District of Columbia

Robert Fullilove, HIV Center, Columbia University

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Progressive Publishers and Media Wars

Chairperson:

Michael Warr, Journalist and progressive poet

Panel:

Utrice Leid, City Sun Newspaper

Howard Wright, Committee to Preserve the Image of Malcolm X

Aki Lumumba (Breeze), Black Panther Party Newspaper Committee

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Fighting Repression and Supporting Political Prisoners

Chairperson:

Ahmed Obafemi, New African Peoples Organization

Panel:

Dhrouba ben Wahid, former political prisoner and member of the Black Panther Party

Jean Gibbs, Center for Constitutional Rights

Muhammad Ahmed, Network of Black Organizers

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Homelessness Versus Helplessness

Chairperson:

Robert Newby, Central Michigan University

Panel:

Alicia Christian, Dignity Housing

Leona Smith, National Union of the Homeless

James Dorsey, Homeward Bound Community Service

Savina Martin, Women's Institute for New Growth and Support (WINGS)

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Resistance Against the Racist War Machine

Chairperson:

Samori Marksman, African and Caribbean Resource Center

Panel:

Elombe Brath, Patrice Lumumba Coalition

Esmeralda Brown, U.S. Committee Against Intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean

Carl Dix, Revolutionary Communist Party

Rabob Hadi, Palestinian Solidarity Committee

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Campus Racism and the Rebirth of Militant Black Student Activism

Chairperson:

T'wana Nkrumah, Queens College

Panel:

Ray Davis, D.C. Student Coalition Against Racism

Julius Davis, United States Student Association

Lisa Williamson, National African Student Youth Alliance

Ras Baraka, Howard University Student Government Association

Cris Nisan, African Student Cultural Center University of Minnesota

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Black Women and Black Liberation: Fighting Oppression and Building Unity

Chairperson:

Vivial Morris, Freedom Road Organization

Panel:

Fran Beale, Frontline Political Organization

Vernice Miller, Center for Constitutional Rights

Barbara Ransby, Ella Baker - Nelson Mandela Center

Maxine Alexander, editor Speakingfor Ourselves

Miriam Kramer, National Welfare Rights Organization

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Black Workers Unity and Resistance to Economic Barbarism

Chairperson:

Nsia Akuffa Bea, Black Workers Unity Movement

Panel:

Gordon Dillihunt, Local 1078, American Postal Workers Union

Ashanki Binta, Black Workers For Justice

ma Best, Goltex Workers Solidarity Committee

General Baker, Local 600 United Auto Workers Union

Erroll McLeod, Oufields Workers Trade Union

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Is It Time for Independent Black Politics?

Chairperson:

Doug Gills, Kenwood Oakland Community Organization (Chicago)

Panel:

Ron Daniels, former Executive of Rainbow Coalition, currently announced candidate for president of the U.S.

David Johnson, Mayor of Harvey, Illinois

Jitu Weusi, Unity Party of New York candidate for Governor of New York

Jerome Scott, Southern Rainbow Education Project

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Cultural Celebration For Political Liberation