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SUMMARY:An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States
DESCRIPTION:The Baton Foundation\, in partnership with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History\, will host a lecture about the intersectional history of the Black and Native American struggle for freedom in our country that also reframes our understanding of who was Indigenous in early America. This program is free to the public\, but registration is required. \nAbout the Book\nBeginning with pre-Revolutionary America and moving into the movement for Black lives and contemporary Indigenous activism\, Afro-Indigenous historian Kyle T. Mays argues that the foundations of the U.S. are rooted in anti-blackness and settler colonialism\, and that these parallel oppressions continue into the present. Professor Mays explores how Black and Indigenous peoples have always resisted and struggled for freedom\, sometimes together\, and sometimes apart. Whether to end African enslavement and Indigenous removal or to eradicate capitalism and colonialism\, he shows how the fervor of Black and Indigenous peoples’ calls for justice have consistently sought to uproot white supremacy. \nDr. Mays uses a wide array of historical activists and pop culture icons\, “sacred” texts\, and foundational texts like the Declaration of Independence and Democracy in America. He covers the civil rights movement and freedom struggles of the 1960s and 1970s and explores current debates around the use of Native American imagery and the cultural appropriation of Black culture. Mays compels us to rethink both our history as well as contemporary debates and to imagine the powerful possibilities of Afro-Indigenous solidarity. \nAbout the Author\nKyle T. Mays is an Afro-Indigenous (Saginaw Chippewa) writer and scholar of US history\, urban studies\, race relations\, and contemporary popular culture. He is an assistant professor of African American Studies\, American Indian Studies\, and History at the University of California\, Los Angeles. He is the author of Hip Hop Beats\, Indigenous Rhymes: Modernity and Hip Hop in Indigenous North America. \nRegister Here for Zoom Lecture
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SUMMARY:"Ground Crew" Essay Contest
DESCRIPTION:CONTEST NARRATIVE \nFor more than half a century\, the Civil Rights Movement has been remembered\, in large part\, by the narratives schools\, media\, and cultural institutions have promulgated with regards to the Movement’s icons. Dr. King and Rosa Parks often are at the center of those narratives\, and for good reason. The struggle to secure the benefits of full citizenship for Black people in the United States\, however\, covers many more than just a paltry 14 years (1954-1968)\, and its foot soldiers number in the hundreds of thousands. \nIn ways both small and grand\, everyday men\, women and children began fighting for Black civil and human rights on the shores of Africa. They continued the fight on the ships that carried them to this country and\, once here (during and after enslavement)\, they fought under circumstances few of us alive today could possibly imagine. And while so-called leaders always emerged\, those elevated to positions of prominence would not have been able to carry out their work\, much less sustain themselves\, were it not for the determination\, support\, and guidance from those in their communities and across the nation. \nWe will never know all the names of the legions of courageous woman men\, and children who fought for justice and equality for Black people in this country. We can\, however\, try to do so. \nNow in its second year\, The Baton Foundation’s essay contest\, Ground Crew: Honoring Unknown Civil Rights Activists\, challenges Atlanta youth to research and write about those unknown or lesser-known Black Americans. In years to come\, the students’ essays will help us bring to the fore the names and stories of those whose lives were relegated to the margins of history. \nELIGIBILTY & REQUIREMENTS \nEligibility \nThe Baton Foundation Ground Crew Essay Contest is open to Atlanta students in grades 8-12. This applies equally to students in public schools\, private and/or parochial schools\, alternative schools and students who receive instruction at home. All entrants must live in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area (specifically\, Clayton\, Cobb\, Dekalb\, Douglas\, Gwinnett\, Henry\, Fayette\, & Fulton Counties). Students enrolled in The Baton Foundation’s Cultural Heritage Program and children of Baton Foundation board members may not participate. \nRequirements \n\nThe deadline to submit essays is Monday\, October 31\, 2022\, at 11:59pm EDT (Late entries will not be accepted).\nSubmit essays to Anthony Knight (aknight@thebatonfoundation.org).\nTyped essays should be a minimum of 700 words\, but no more than 1100 words (citations and bibliography are not included in the total word count).\nEntrants MUST create original work (without influence from or written by teachers\, parents\, siblings\, mentors\, etc.)\nWell-known Civil Rights icons are not eligible subjects for essays (i.e.\, Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, Coretta Scott King\, Rosa Parks\, Malcolm X\, Congressman John Lewis\, Fannie Lou Hamer\, Ambassador Andrew Young\, etc.). If in doubt\, please contact us.\nEssays must identify an unknown or lesser-known Black Civil Rights activist involved in the movement from 1954-1968. The essay must address the person’s life before s/he became socially active\, the event(s) that led to the individual’s participation in the Civil Rights Movement\, the specific way(s) in which that person’s work impacted her/his community\, region\, or nation; and how the person might address civil and human rights issues today.\nEssays about well-known Civil Rights Movement leaders will be disqualified.\n\nSource Materials \n\nEssays must list at least 3 source materials.\nAll entrants must cite the source materials they use. Please use parenthetical citations (not footnotes) to reference source material.\nBibliographies must be included with each essay. Please use Kate A. Turabian’s A Manual for Writers of Terms Papers\, Theses\, and Dissertations. Chicago: University of Chicago Press\, 2007.\n\nRECOGNITION AND AWARDS \n\nThe first-place winner will receive a $300 cash award and a signed copy of Rolundus R. Rice’s book\, Hosea Williams: A Lifetime of Defiance and Protest (The University of South Carolina Press\, 2021).\nThe second-place winner will receive a $200 cash award and a signed copy of Rolundus R. Rice’s book\, Hosea Williams: A Lifetime of Defiance and Protest (The University of South Carolina Press\, 2021).\nThe third-place winner will receive a $100 cash award and a signed copy of Rolundus R. Rice’s book\, Hosea Williams: A Lifetime of Defiance and Protest (The University of South Carolina Press\, 2021).\nFirst-\, second-\, and third-place winners will be notified by November 21\, 2022.\nAll winning essayists will participate in a virtual public awards ceremony with Professor Rice and Baton Foundation president Anthony Knight on Sunday\, December 4\, 2022.\n\nWe respectfully ask that you not call The Baton Foundation for information regarding the status of your essay. Thank you.
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