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| FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2009 |
| 9:30 | Opening remarks by Daphene R. McFerren, Director
Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change, University of Memphis |
| 9:30 | OBAMA AND THE MEDIA: CARICATURES, REPRESENTATIONS AND HIP HOP
Chair: Reece L. Auguiste, University of Memphis |
| | Change Gonna Come: Obama’s Rhetorical Genius and its Impact on Hip Hop
Wilfredo Gomez, Bucknell University |
| | Killing Two Birds with One Stone: a Muslim Obama
Usame Tunagur, Ohio University |
| 10:45 | Rac[e]ing Obama; Rac[e]ing McCain
Leonard Baynes, St. Johns Law School, New York |
| 12:00 | LUNCH |
| 2:00 | DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING AWARD CEREMONY AND RECEPTION
Sponsored by African and African American Studies and the University of Memphis (Panhellenic Building) |
| 3:30 | GENDER IDENTITY AND RACIAL IDENTITY: BARACK AND MICHELLE OBAMA
Chair: Shelby Crosby, University of Memphis |
| | Barack Obama: In Search of his Father, in Search of Himself
Stephanie Li, University of Rochester |
| | Obama’s Baby Mama: How Michelle Obama’s Self-Narratives in the Media Negotiate Racism
Eluned Jones, University of King’s College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 6:00 | KEYNOTE ADDRESS*
Some Through the Fire! Some Through the Flood!
Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. *All Conference proceedings (with one exception noted on the program) will take place on the University of Memphis campus at the Michael D. Rose Theatre Lecture Hall. All events are free and open to the public, on a first-come, first serve basis. A capacity crowd is expected for Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.’s keynote address, and, when that occurs, no more people will be admitted to the Rose Theatre. |
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| SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2009 |
| 9:30 | OBAMA, RACE AND PUBLIC POLICY
Chair: Janann Sherman, University of Memphis |
| | Racism, Stress and Health: Why Obama’s Class Based Approach Won’t Eliminate Racial and Health Gaps
Vernellia R. Randall, University of Dayton School of Law |
| | Anti-Zionist by Association: Conservative American-Jewish Perceptions of Candidate Obama
Jonathan Sciarcon, University of California at Santa Barbara |
| 10:30 | Towards a More Perfect Union: Obama and Colorblind Public Policy
Bill E. Lawson, University of Memphis |
| 11:30 | LUNCH |
| 12:30 | CRITICAL RACE THEORY MEETS A POST-ETHNIC AMERICA?
Chair, Beverly E. Cross, University of Memphis |
| | What are you? A Post-Race Obama America Meets Critical Race Theory
Celia Anderson, University of Memphis
Adrienne Dixson, Ohio State University |
| | A Post-Election Obama Meets Critical Race Theory
Thandeka Chapman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
| 2:15 | OLD SCHOOL POLITICS? THE CONTINUING RELEVANCE OF RACE AND ETHNICITY IN MEMPHIS
Panel Discussion |
| 4:00 | PLENARY ADDRESS
Soul Brother No.1: Is Obama Black Enough?
Ronald S. Sullivan
Harvard Law School. Chair of Candidate Obama’s Criminal Justice Policy Group, Member of National Legal Advisory Group and Advisor to the United States Department of Justice Transition Team
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| 5:00 | Closing Remarks by Jonathan Judaken, Director
Marcus W. Orr Center for the Humanities, University of Memphis |
| 5:15 | RECEPTION
Sponsored by The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change Local Advisory Board |
