Will the Circle Be UnBroken?: Historical Perspectives on African Diaspora
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Maltsby, Portia
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection / Series 1: Program Files
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content: 1992-02-06-1992-02-08
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content: Box 21, Folder 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: From Thursday, February 6, to Saturday, February 8, 1992, the Program in African American Culture at the National Museum of American History sponsored the conference Will the Circle Be Unbroken?: Historical Perspectives on the African American Diaspora in the Carmichael Auditorium. The sessions included presentations of papers, discussions with audience participation, demonstrations-performances, concerts, and games. Panelists included George Reid Andrews, Allison Blakely, Roy S. Bryce-Laporte, Spencer R. Crew, Yvonne Payne Daniel, James Counts Early, Robert L. Hall, Joseph E. Harris, Linda M. Heywood, John Higginson, Robert A. Hill, Thomas C. Holt, Gerald Charles Horne, Herbert S. Klein, Franklin W. Knight, Jane Gilmer Landers, Catherine Macklin, Ali A. Mazrui, Joseph Calder Miller, Diana Baird N'Diaye, Jack H. O'Dell, Colin A. Palmer, Orlando Patterson, Gwendolyn Keita Robinson, Robert Farris Thompson, Emory Tolbert, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, and Ronald Walters. The cultural presenters were Asanteman-Kuo, Batuque, Mario Bauza, Djimo Kouyate, DC's Finest, Archie Edwards, Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band, René Lopez, Liziba, ODADA!, Kombo Omolara, One Nation, Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Tech-Tropical, Third Eye, and Trinidad and Tobago Steel Band. Program number AC408.73.