词条 | Black Women in the Academy: Defending Our Name 1894-1994 |
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The 1994 conference was organized by Robin W. Kilson, MIT professor of history and women's studies, and Evelynn M. Hammonds, MIT professor of the history of science. The conference was inspired by Kilson's "personal frustration through the sense of isolation as a black woman" in higher education.[1] The conference served as a large public forum of Black women academics to discuss issues of research, success and lack thereof in academia, and the repressive political climate of the 1980s and 1990s.[2] About 1,500 black women scholars attended from across the U.S., ranging from undergraduates to professors to college presidents.[3] It was sponsored by MIT, Wellesley College and Radcliffe College, as well as other foundations.[1] ProceedingsThe conference featured three keynote speakers: Lani Guinier from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, president of Spelman College; and Professor Angela Davis of the University of California Santa Cruz.[4] Guinier, who had recently been withdrawn from nomination for assistant attorney general by President Bill Clinton, gave an opening speech to three standing ovations, stating that "what was happening to me was a metaphor for the experiences of many women of color".[5] Davis gave the closing speech, arguing the importance of standing up for all black women in the public eye. "While courageous people fought to make the walls of academia less impenetrable, these very victories have spawned new problems and foreshadow new troubles", she said.[6] The conference also featured over 100 panels, talks, and posters on topics ranging from black women in film and literature, to race and gender politics in academic culture, to specialized research in various topics performed by black female scholars.[4] Vinie Burrows, performance artist, presented “Sister, Sister,” her one-woman show. At the conference, attendants drafted an appeal to President Clinton, asking him to "commission a blue-ribbon panel on race relations; to promote black women's research and extend the Glass Ceiling Commission to address the women of color in academia; to extend funding for community-based social service organizations for the poor; to end covert actions against Haiti and restore President Aristide to power, and to continue to support democracy in South and Southern Africa."[7] References1. ^1 2 {{cite news |last= Keightley |first=Sarah |date=January 12, 1994 |title=Conference for Black Women to Be Held at MIT |url=http://tech.mit.edu/V113/N65/women.65n.html |deadurl=no |newspaper=The Tech |location=Cambridge, MA |accessdate=January 23, 2015 }} 2. ^1 {{Cite journal|last=Hartman|first=Saidiya|date=Spring 1994|title=The Territory Between Us: A Report on "Black Women in the Academy: Defending Our Name: 1894-1994"|jstor=2931742|journal=Callaloo|volume=17|pages=439–449}} 3. ^{{cite news |last= Dembner |first=Alice |date=January 15, 1994 |title=Black women scholars seize chance to share notes|url=https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston/doc/403599204.html |deadurl=no |newspaper=The Boston Globe |location=Boston, MA |accessdate=January 23, 2015 }} 4. ^1 [https://libraries.mit.edu/archives/research/collections/collections-ac/ac533.html Black Women in the Academy: Defending Our Name, 1894-1994], Conference Records, AC 533. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Archives and Special Collections, Cambridge, MA. 5. ^{{cite news |last= Dembner |first=Alice |date=January 14, 1994 |title=Guinier cites vacancy of key civil rights post|url=https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston/doc/403571251.html |deadurl=no |newspaper=The Boston Globe |location=Boston, MA |accessdate=January 23, 2015 }} 6. ^{{cite news |last= Shrivastava |first=Rishi |date=January 19, 1994 |title=Davis Discusses Issues Concerning Black Women |url=http://tech.mit.edu/V113/N65/women.65n.html |deadurl=no |newspaper=The Tech |location=Cambridge, MA |accessdate=January 23, 2015 }} 7. ^{{cite news |date=January 26, 1994 |title=Black Women Send Appeal to Clinton |newspaper=MIT Tech Talk |location=Cambridge, MA }} 4 : Academia in the United States|Academic conferences|1994 in Massachusetts|Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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