The
16th annual Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration
will explore the theme "Between Two Worlds:
Free Blacks in the Antebellum South." The
event, set for February 23-27, 2005, in Natchez,
Mississippi, is sponsored by Copiah-Lincoln
Community
College, Natchez National Historical Park,
Mississippi Department of Archives and History,
and Mississippi
Broadcasting Networks. Headquarters will be
the Natchez Convention Center on Main Street.
The program, featuring nationally known scholars,
historians, writers, and film experts will explore
and clarify issues relating to blacks and whites.
Also scheduled for the event are tours, films,
panel discussions, a concert, writing workshops,
parties, and an awards ceremony.
A major event will be the official opening of
the William Johnson House, a property of the National
Park Service that was once home to a Free Black
in Natchez, 1809-1851. His 16-year diary, published
as William Johnson's Natchez, inspired his biography,
The Barber of Natchez.
Most of the conference is free. For more information
and tickets, call toll-free 866-296-NLCC (866-296-6522)
or 601-446-1289. Or email Christy.Williams@colin.edu
or visit the Web site at www.colin.edu/nlcc.
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A Conference on the Globalization of the American
South will take place March 3-4, 2005, at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The
conference comes as part of a six-year exploration,
funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, of the economic,
political, and social challenges and opportunities
the southern United States faces because of globalization.
Sponsored by the Center for the Study of the American
South and the University Center for International
Studies, the program will feature scholars, policymakers,
activists, professionals, and artists who deal
with contemporary issues facing the region. Participants
will represent an array of fields, including business,
education, health, humanities, journalism, law,
and social science. For more information and to
register, please contact globalsouth@unc.edu
