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Sandra,
Please send the panel proposal to Felecia Ross, she is this years program planing chair,
Thanks,
Petra
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On Oct 15, 2011, at 9:15 PM, Sandra Combs <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello All,
> Carmen Williams and I did two presentations on "The Help" last month at Arkansas State University. A story and photo about it were in The Jonesboro Sun after the panel.
> Carmen had a powerful PowerPoint at the time and we would love to be a part of the panel. (About a week after the panel, we talked with Dr. Lillie Fears about submitting a panel to AEJMC.)
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> See the panel flyer pasted below:
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> What’s the big deal about racism and the movie, “The Help”?
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> On this Constitution Day, we celebrate the 224th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution by commemorating anniversaries in need of reflection -- particularly the 50th anniversary of the civil rights movement and the 150th anniversary of the Civil War.
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> As part of this commemoration, we will hold a focus group on the best-selling novel-turned-movie, “The Help.” It vividly depicts the prejudices of the 1960s. But how far have we come from those days? What issues remain today?
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> Image courtesy of Library of Congress
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> We invite you to come to one of two focus groups, where you will hear a provocative panel discussion and can ask your questions. Each session is 45 minutes. If you miss the one session, you can catch it in the second session.
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> Focus Group: “The Help”
> 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.
> Wednesday, September 14, 2011
> Spring River Room
> Arkansas State University Student Union
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> Sandra Combs
> Ass’t. Professor of Journalism
> Department of Journalism
> Arkansas State University
> How historically accurate is the movie? How African American maids are represented in other texts by African Americans and Caucasians.
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> Carmen Lanos Williams
> Instructor (ABD)
> Department of English and Philosophy
> Arkansas State University
> Cultural and historical implications of
> the way white cultural producers images of
> black subjects
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