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The George Washington UniversityCenter for the Study of Public History and Public CulturePresentsRICHARD T. GIBSONLiterary Contrarian & Cold WarriorA DAY-LONG SYMPOSIUMTo celebrate the Special CollectionsResearch Center’s acquisition of theRichard T. Gibson papersRichard Gibson by Beauford Delaney (1954)29 MARCH 20139:00 AM – 5:00PMTHE GELMAN LIBRARYTEAMSTERS LABOR HISTORYRESEARCH CENTER, 7 TH FLOOR2130 H STREET, NWWASHINGTON, DC 20052Richard T. Gibson is an African American expatriate journalist and author.He authored A No to Nothing (1949), an incendiary critique of African Americanprotest fiction for the Kenyon Review. As a Whitney fellow in Rome he was associatedwith Italian intellectuals Curzio Malaparte and Amelia Rosselli. Gibson was also acentral figure in the black expatriate community in Paris alongside Richard Wright,James Baldwin and Chester Himes. In 1960, Gibson co-founded the Fair Play for CubaCommittee and became a prolific chronicler of Cold War Africa.Invited speakers and guests will explore the themes, topics and personalitiescontained in the papers and comment upon their potential value to scholars.Please join us! RSVP: CSPH@gwu.edu

RICHARD T.GIBSONLiterary Contrarian & Cold WarriorSYMPOSIUMPROGRAM29 MARCH 20138:15 – 9:00 Coffee & Registration Special Collections Research Center Corridor9:00 – 9:10 Welcome Alison Scott, Head of Collections, Acting AssociateUniversity Librarian for Collections and ScholarlyCommunication, George Washington UniversityLibraries9:15 – 9:45 Introductions & Overview James A. Miller, George Washington University9:45 – 10:45 Gibson’s Open City: Andrea Malaguti, UMass-Amherst (Moderator)Postwar RomeAlessandro Brogi, University of ArkansasJennifer Scappettone, University of Chicago10:45 – 11:00 Break11:00 – 12:00 Paris & The Gibson Affair Craig Lanier Allen, George Washington University(Moderator)Alessandro Brogi, University of ArkansasTodd Shepard, Johns Hopkins University12:00 – 1:30 LunchLunchtime Film Screenings:Terror’s Advocate: The Story of Jacques Verges1957 E Street, NW (Elliott School), Room TBAThe Battle of Algiers1957 E Street, NW (Elliott School),Room TBA1:30 – 2:30 Revolutionary Algeria & Cuba Peter Kornbluh, GWU National Security Archives(Moderator)James Le Sueur, University of Nebraska – LincolnTodd Shepard, Johns Hopkins UniversityCraig Lanier Allen, George Washington University2:30 – 3:30 African Liberation Movements Sue Onslow, The London School of EconomicsLuis Serapiao, Howard UniversityJames A. Miller, George Washington University3:30 – 3:45 Break3:45 – 4:45 Q & A with Richard Gibson Craig Lanier Allen, George Washington University(Moderator)4:45 – 5:00 Director’s Closing Remarks James A. Miller, George Washington University5:00 – 6:00 Cocktail Reception in the Special Collections Research Center Corridor