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Concert with Dee Dee Bridgewater & the BU Jazz Ensemble on Thursday, March 20th at 7:30 PM at the Tsai Center.

Keynote Address by Bernice Johnson Reagon on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at the Photonics Building, Colloquium Room PHO 906 | 8 St. Mary's Street, Boston, MA 02215.

Lecture Performance with Joshua Rifkin on Thursday, March 20, 2014 at the Photonics Building, Colloquium Room PHO 906 | 8 St. Mary's Street, Boston, MA 02215.

Keynote Address by George Wein on Friday, March 21, 2014 at 1:00 PM at the Photonics Building, Colloquium Room PHO 906 | 8 St. Mary's Street, Boston, MA 02215.

“Our Conference is inspired by the distinctive musical forms created by Afro-descendant people and cultures in North America, borrowing from African traditions, and shaped mainly by the Black experience in the United States. This music, enriched by a unique interaction with other music genres both in the Americas and in other parts of the world, has been a powerful force promoting social justice and freedom of the human spirit.”

- Professor Allison Blakely
Director, African American Studies Program
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Thanks to our Conference Advisory Board:
Khiara Bridges, Professor of Law and Anthropology
Victor Coelho, Professor of Music
Genithia Hogges, MA in Music (GRS'13)
Dr. Charles Terrell, African American Studies Alumnus ('71)
John Thornton, Professor of History and African American Studies