Presentations: at the Sacred: The Violence of Prayer, 1961-1966,” North “Striking American Religions Section, American Academy of Religion, San Diego, CA, November 23, 2014 to the University of Montana: Introduction to our scholars,” “Welcome moderator, Thinking Its Presence: Race and Creative Writing, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, April 10, 2014 Deliverance: Public Prayer As A Civil Rights Strategy,” “Devotion Activism(s) in the Black Diaspora, Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora, Santo Domingo, DR, October 31, 2013 Crisis: Performative Prayer and the Civil Rights Movement,” “Invoking North American Religions Section, American Academy of Religion, Chicago, IL, November 18, 2012 Innocent Exchange: Rural Hosting Programs and Civil Rights, “An Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, Richmond, VA, October 8, 2011 Guns, and Civil Rights: Beyond the Grassroots-Elite Debate over “Prayer, Civil Rights Movement Leadership,” Association for African American Historical Research and Preservation, Seattle, WA, February 6, 2011 than Fresh Air: African-American Children’s Influence on “More Mennonite Religious Practice, 1950–1979,” African-American Religious History Section, American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA, October 31, 2010 Conflicts: White Racial Identity Formation within Mennonite “Whitening Central Committee, 1960-1985,” A Table of Sharing: Mennonite Central Committee and the Expanding Networks of Mennonite Identity, Akron, PA, June 2010 Chair and respondent to papers: Dr. Sheila H. Gillams (Medgar Evers College, CUNY) Crucifixion to Resurrection: The Activist Theology “From of Anna Arnold Hedgeman”; Dr. Barclay Key (Western Illinois University) and Race in 1968: Day of Reckoning in a Biracial Church”; Dr. “Faith Edward J. Robinson (Abilene Christian University) C. Tuggle: A “Annie Forgotten in African American Churches of Christ,” Association “Pillar” for African American Historical Research and Preservation, Seattle University, March 21, 2009 Demonstrators: African-American Fresh Air Children as Civil Rights
Presentations: “Striking at the Sacred: The Violence of Prayer, 1961-1966,” North American Religions Section, American Academy of Religion, San Diego, CA, November 23, 2014 “Welcome to the University of Montana: Introduction to our scholars,” moderator, Thinking Its Presence: Race and Creative Writing, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, April 10, 2014 “Devotion Deliverance: Public Prayer As A Civil Rights Strategy,” Activism(s) in the Black Diaspora, Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora, Santo Domingo, DR, October 31, 2013 “Invoking Crisis: Performative Prayer and the Civil Rights Movement,” North American Religions Section, American Academy of Religion, Chicago, IL, November 18, 2012 “An Innocent Exchange: Rural Hosting Programs and Civil Rights, Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, Richmond, VA, October 8, 2011 “Prayer, Guns, and Civil Rights: Beyond the Grassroots-Elite Debate over Civil Rights Movement Leadership,” Association for African American Historical Research and Preservation, Seattle, WA, February 6, 2011 “More than Fresh Air: African-American Children’s Influence on Mennonite Religious Practice, 1950–1979,” African-American Religious History Section, American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, GA, October 31, 2010 “Whitening Conflicts: White Racial Identity Formation within Mennonite Central Committee, 1960-1985,” A Table of Sharing: Mennonite Central Committee and the Expanding Networks of Mennonite Identity, Akron, PA, June 2010 Chair and respondent to papers: Dr. Sheila H. Gillams (Medgar Evers College, CUNY) “From Crucifixion to Resurrection: The Activist Theology of Anna Arnold Hedgeman”; Dr. Barclay Key (Western Illinois University) “Faith and Race in 1968: Day of Reckoning in a Biracial Church”; Dr. Edward J. Robinson (Abilene Christian University) “Annie C. Tuggle: A Forgotten “Pillar” in African American Churches of Christ,” Association for African American Historical Research and Preservation, Seattle University, March 21, 2009 Demonstrators: African-American Fresh Air Children as Civil Rights
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