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Union Presbyterian Seminary Hosting African Odyssey Exhibit Feb 2016

Union Presbyterian Seminary Hosting African Odyssey Exhibit

Joanne Braxton

This article published by the The Progess-Index, speaks about Dr. Braxton's exhibit at Union Presbyterian Seminary. The free exhibit and gallery explores the history of the transatlantic slave trade, its resounding effects on Africans in the Americas, and its representation in literature and the humanities. The exhibit, titled African Odyssey, featured photographs taken by Dr. Joanne M. Braxton, director of the College of William & Mary's Middle Passage Project and its 1619 Initiative, during a visit to Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Senegal.

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The Confederate Flag, A College Mace And Becoming America Again, Joanne Braxton Aug 2015

The Confederate Flag, A College Mace And Becoming America Again, Joanne Braxton

Joanne Braxton

No abstract provided.

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The 'Battle Flag' Finally Comes Down, Joanne Braxton, Michael Sainato Jul 2015

The 'Battle Flag' Finally Comes Down, Joanne Braxton, Michael Sainato

Joanne Braxton

No abstract provided.

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Dylann Roof Is The Product Of A System That Has Bred Racist Hatred For Centuries, Joanne Braxton, Michael Sainato Jun 2015

Dylann Roof Is The Product Of A System That Has Bred Racist Hatred For Centuries, Joanne Braxton, Michael Sainato

Joanne Braxton

An opinion essay on the massacre in Charleston and how it was not an isolated hate crime, but a representation on the "rampant racism structurally embedded in America."

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Maya Angelou, Poet, Activist And Singular Storyteller, Dies At 86 May 2014

Maya Angelou, Poet, Activist And Singular Storyteller, Dies At 86

Joanne Braxton

Dr. Joanne Braxton, appeared on National Public Radio to speak about the Maya Angelou's death and how it changed the world. For Dr. Braxton, raw world will never be quite the same without Angelou.

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Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Conference-Dunbar: The Originator-Part Ii, Joanne Braxton Jan 2012

Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Conference-Dunbar: The Originator-Part Ii, Joanne Braxton

Joanne Braxton

In this video, Professor Joanne M. Braxton (introduced by Shelley Fisher Fishkin) presents the introductory keynote "Dunbar: The Originator" for Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Centennial Conference on March 10, 2006. A main purpose of the conference was to "explore new critical perspectives on the diversity of Dunbar's literary production as a poet, novelist, lyricist, dramatist, and journalist" one hundred years after his death.

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Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Conference-Dunbar:The Originator Part I, Joanne Braxton Jan 2012

Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Conference-Dunbar:The Originator Part I, Joanne Braxton

Joanne Braxton

In this video, Professor Joanne M. Braxton (introduced by Shelley Fisher Fishkin) presents the introductory keynote "Dunbar: The Originator" for Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Centennial Conference on March 10, 2006. A main purpose of the conference was to "explore new critical perspectives on the diversity of Dunbar's literary production as a poet, novelist, lyricist, dramatist, and journalist" one hundred years after his death. 

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Atelier@Duke: Intellectuals And Activism, Joanne Braxton Apr 2011

Atelier@Duke: Intellectuals And Activism, Joanne Braxton

Joanne Braxton

Dr. Braxton was one of the five panelist selected for the 15th anniversary of the John Hope Franklin Research Center at Duke University Libraries. Panelists at the Atelier@Duke symposium discuss "Intellectuals and Activism".

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Finding Your Own Voice: Braxton Interviews Cortez, Joanne Braxton Apr 2010

Finding Your Own Voice: Braxton Interviews Cortez, Joanne Braxton

Joanne Braxton

Dr. Braxton conducted an interview with internationally acclaimed jazz poet and activist Jayne Cortez.  In her introduction, Braxton referred to Cortez as an “inspirational figure” who has created films and founded theater companies in addition to establishing her core body of work that includes 10 books of poetry and nine recordings.  “Her voice is celebrated for its political, surrealistic, innovative, dynamic innovations in lyricism and visceral sound,” Braxton said. “To hear Jayne Cortez’s poetry is to feel it.”

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Readers Review: “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” By Maya Angelou Mar 2009

Readers Review: “I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings” By Maya Angelou

Joanne Braxton

Guest host Susan Page from The Diane Rehm Show, invites Dr. Braxton to join a panel for a discussion of the first volume of Maya Angelou’s autobiographical series, dealing with her early years as a writer and activist. Dr. Braxton joins in at 13:30.

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Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Centennial Conference Program Mar 2006

Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Centennial Conference Program

Joanne Braxton

The Stanford University Paul Laurence Dunbar Centennial Conference program where Dr. Braxton gave the introductory paper, Dunbar: The Originator.

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Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Centennial Conference Program Pdf Mar 2006

Stanford University's Paul Laurence Dunbar Centennial Conference Program Pdf

Joanne Braxton

The Stanford University Paul Laurence Dunbar Centennial Conference program where Dr. Braxton gave the introductory paper, Dunbar: The Originator.

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Paul Laurence Dunbar's Legacy Of Language Feb 2006

Paul Laurence Dunbar's Legacy Of Language

Joanne Braxton

Host Liane Hansen from National Public Radio, invites Dr. Braxton to speak on Paul Laurence Dunbar's work and the legacy of language.

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1994 Furious Flower Poetry Conference Program Dec 1993

1994 Furious Flower Poetry Conference Program

Joanne Braxton

This conference was dedicated to Gwendolyn Brooks because of her prophetic, poetic voice that is urgent, unashamed, graceful, redeeming, and radical, a voice that tells us even amid the loneliness and the fears of contemporary life that we must live and conduct our blooming "in the noise and whip of the whirlwind." Dr. Joanne Braxton was among more than 30 major poets and critics to present at the 1994 Furious Flower Conference at James Madison University, celebrating over 40 years the furious flowering of black poetry.

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"Whatever Happened To Black America?" Or: The Setzuan Invisibility Of Black And Blues, Joanne Braxton Dec 1974

"Whatever Happened To Black America?" Or: The Setzuan Invisibility Of Black And Blues, Joanne Braxton

Joanne Braxton

No abstract provided.

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