DATE: April 13-14, 2006

EVENT: U-M’s Center for Afroamerican and African Studies marks its 35th anniversary with a two-day conference,” The Future of Black Studies,” featuring American law historian Mary Frances Berry, a former U.S. assistant secretary of education and a founder of the Free South Africa Movement.

Berry, who earned her doctorate in history from U-M and a law degree at the U-M Law School, will give the keynote lecture at 7:30 p.m. Friday (April 14). She will speak on” Reparations [or Restitution]: Old and New Studies in Black Political Activism.”

The conference will also feature University of Pennsylvania political science professor Adolph Reed and several U-M faculty speaking on black studies and history.

TIMES: 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday with a reception following.

10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday.

PLACE: Rackham Assembly Hall with the keynote lecture in the Rackham Amphitheatre. For a map, visit: http://www.umich.edu/news/Maps/ccamp.html

SPONSOR: The U-M Center for Afroamerican and African Studies and the South Africa Initiatives Office.

CONTACT: Elizabeth James, (734) 764-5517.

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