History Conference 2009

Conference Schedule

Participant Information

Expanding Civil Rights History in Time and Space

November 12, 13, and 14, 2009

featuring historians who have made, and are making, major contributions to the reconsideration of civil rights history, including Steven Hahn, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History in 2004 for A Nation Under Our Feet, and Kevin Boyle, winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2004 for The Arc of Justice

In recent years historians of civil rights have expanded their research well beyond the places and people identified so strongly with the years of the “classic” movement of 1954 – 1965: the Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education; the major campaigns in the southern states; and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Speakers at the conference will discuss some of their current work on the deep roots of the movement in the early 20th century, on the impact of the southern movement in the west and north and beyond the boundaries of the United States, and on the ways memories of the movement have shaped contemporary activism. 

The program opens with a lecture by William H. Chafe, at 4:00 p.m. on November 12, in the UNH Alumni Center. A keynote address by Kevin Boyle, will begin at 9:30 a.m. on November 13 in the Swampscott Room of Holloway Commons. Panels will continue that day and the following morning in the Swampscott Room. 

All sessions are free and open to the public.

Sponsored by the Department of History at the University of New Hampshire. Made possible by the generous support of the Dunfey Endowment at UNH.

Directions to UNH

Please visit: http://www.unh.edu/transportation/visitor/unhbytransit.htm

Parking and Accommodations

For visitor parking information, call 603-862-1010 or visit http://www.unh.edu/transportation/visitor/visitorparking.htm
On-Campus accommodations: New England Center 800-590-4334, http://www.newenglandcenter.com/
Or Holiday Inn Express: 603-868-1234, http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hotel/durnh

For more information

Contact the History Department at (603) 862-1764 or email Jeanne Mitchell, the Department Academic Assistant.