Posted on September 24, 2012 by midsouthstudies
To celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Ida B. Wells’ birth, Rhodes College is holding a symposium to celebrate her activism in Memphis. Wells (1862-1931) came of age in Memphis, moving to the city in 1880. She was forced to flee Memphis for her anti-lynching journalism in 1892.
Monday, October 29
■Memphis Center Public Christening 5:00 pm Memphis Center
■Paula Giddings, keynote lecture, “A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching,” BCLC 6:30 pm
Tuesday, October 30
■Amy Wood, “Lynching and Spectacle: Ida B. Wells, Anti-Lynching Activism, and the Use of Photography as Testimony” 4:00 pm in Blount Auditorium
■Reception in Buckman Hall Lobby
■Theatrical Performance of Iola: A One-act Reflection on Wells’ Memphis Years, 6:00 pm in Hardie Auditorium. Co-written by Dave Mason and Rychetta Watkins
