The 鈥檚 11th annual Jacob H. Carruthers Conference will take place from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Feb. 20 in Donn F. Bailey Legacy Hall at the , 700 E. Oakwood Blvd.
Free and open to the public, the conference鈥檚 theme is 鈥淚ntellectual Warfare and African Liberation.鈥 Presenters include:
- Conrad Worrill: Strategy and Practice: Carruthers鈥 African Worldview and Organizing for Liberation
- Yvonne Jones: Jacob Carruthers and African Spirituality
- If茅 Carruthers: Reflections on Jacob Carruthers鈥 Strategic 鈥淜ush and Kemet Pillars of African-centered Thought
- William Leslie Balan-Gaubert: 鈥淟essons from the Haitian Revolution鈥
Jacob H. Carruthers Jr. was the founding director of the Kemetic Institute. For 32 years, he was a professor of History and Education at Northeastern鈥檚 Center for Inner City Studies. The Center was renamed the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City in January of 2005.
