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2021 (Virtual) Bridge Lecture- Dr. Ashley Farmer
2021 (Virtual) Bridge Lecture- Dr. Ashley Farmer, "Rebel Archives: The Life and Legacy of Queen Mother Audley Moore"
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2021 (Virtual) Bridge Lecture
Bridging Black History Month & Women's History Month
5pm on Thursday, March 4th, 2021 via zoom
"Rebel Archives: The Life and Legacy of Queen Mother Audley Moore"
Guest speaker Dr. Ashley Farmer
Free to the public.
About the talk: This lecture will explore the politics of writing Black women's history through the life of activist, mentor, and organizer Queen Mother Audley Moore, a pioneering 20th century figure active in a range of movements for justice and human rights in the U.S. and around the world. In reconstructing Moore's life, Dr. Farmer's work demonstrates the challenges, silences, and opportunities of archival research, revealing a dynamic and committed activist career.
About the guest speaker: Dr. Ashley Farmer is a historian of black women's history, intellectual history, and radical politics. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Departments of History and African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Her book, Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era is the first comprehensive intellectual history of women in the black power movement. The award-winning book introduces new and overlooked women activists into the history of black power, examines the depth and breath of their political and intellectual engagement, and shows the relationship between women’s gendered theorizing and the trajectory of the black power movement. She is also the co-editor of New Perspectives on the Black Intellectual Tradition, an anthology that examines four central themes within the black intellectual tradition: Black internationalism, religion and spirituality, racial politics and struggles for social justice, and black radicalism.
She is a graduate of Spelman College and holds a Ph.D. in African American Studies and an M.A. in History from Harvard University.
Author Page (with author Photo):https://www.ashleydfarmer.com/bio
Book page: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469634371/remaking-black-power/
Sponsored by: SLU African American Studies Department, SLU Department of Women's and Gender Studies, and the SLU Office for Diversity and Community Engagement.