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THURSDAY SESSIONS<br />
Possibilities and Pitfalls in Early Interracial<br />
Activism, 1930s –1960s<br />
Endorsed by the Labor and Working-Class History Association<br />
#oah16_35<br />
Chair and Commentator: John Enyeart, Bucknell University<br />
“Helping the Entire Nation”: The International Workers Order,<br />
Multiculturalism, and Civil Rights among Radical Immigrants in Red<br />
Scare America<br />
Robert Zecker, St. Francis Xavier University<br />
Fighting Anti-Semitism and Jim Crow: “Negro-Jewish Unity” and<br />
Communist Women’s Activism in 1950s Harlem<br />
Jennifer Young, New York University<br />
“A Revolution in Rising Expectations”: Congressman Leonard Farbstein<br />
and Jewish Interracial Politics on the Lower East Side, 1956–1964<br />
Barry Goldberg, City University of New York Graduate Center<br />
The American Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born:<br />
Multiracial Rights Advocacy at Mid-Century<br />
Rachel Ida Buff, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee<br />
Rethinking 1980s AIDS Narratives in Culture<br />
and Policy<br />
Endorsed by the Urban History Association<br />
#oah16_36<br />
Chair: Katie Batza, University of Kansas<br />
Commentator: Phil Tiemeyer, Philadelphia University<br />
Did You Hear the One about St. Peter and the Hairdresser? AIDS<br />
Narratives in Humor and Comedy<br />
Sascha Cohen, Brandeis University<br />
A Different AIDS Narrative: From Priority to Liability in Urban America<br />
Jason Chernesky, University of Pennsylvania<br />
AIDS and the Invention of Cultural Competency<br />
Dan Royles, Stockton University<br />
Thursday, April 7<br />
1:45 pm – 3:15 pm<br />
Hawai’i and the West: Three 19th-Century<br />
Episodes<br />
#oah16_38<br />
Chair and Commentator: Clifford Putney, Bentley University<br />
Empire Briefly Denied: The Second Cleveland Administration’s<br />
Refusal to Annex Hawai’i, 1893–94<br />
Paul Burlin, University of New England<br />
“It Is Not Good to Tabu the Women”: An Analysis of the 1826 Riot<br />
of the Crew of the USS Dolphin<br />
Jennifer Fish Kashay, Colorado State University<br />
The Strange Career of Black Liberalism<br />
Endorsed by the OAH Committee on the Status of African<br />
American, Latino/a, Asian American, and Native American<br />
(ALANA) Historians and ALANA Histories<br />
#oah16_39<br />
Chair and Commentator: Earl Lewis, Andrew W. Mellon<br />
Foundation<br />
“South Africa’s Newest Lobbyists”: African American<br />
Conservatives and Apartheid under the Reagan Administration<br />
Leah Wright Rigueur, Harvard University<br />
Black Appointees, Political Legitimacy, and the American<br />
Presidency<br />
N. D. B. Connolly, New York University<br />
From Protest to Politics: Clifford Alexander and the Making of the<br />
Modern Black Executive<br />
Brett Gadsden, Emory University<br />
Thursday<br />
Roguish Leadership in the American Revolution<br />
#oah16_37<br />
Chair and Commentator: Robert Allison, Suffolk University<br />
Thomas Banks: “Rogue in Grain” among the Lower Ranks<br />
Ruth Herndon, Bowling Green State University<br />
Charles Lee: An Officer of “Infinite Mischief” and Utopian Dreamer<br />
James Schaefer, Laker Superior State University<br />
Ben Franck/Franklin: From Black Regiment to Black Loyalist<br />
Shirley Green, University of Toledo<br />
LEGEND<br />
Public History<br />
Teaching<br />
Community College<br />
Professional Development<br />
RHODE ISLAND CONVENTION CENTER<br />
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