Researching New York 2006
November 16 and 17, 2006
University at Albany, SUNY

An updated program for this year's Researching New York Conference, along
with links to registration information is available at
http://nystatehistory.org/researchny/program2006.htm.

Conference highlights include:

Friday, November 16, noon
Keynote
Manning Marable, Columbia University
"Malcolm X's Harlem: From 'Detroit Red' to 'El Hajj Malik El Shabazz'"

Dr. Marable is one of America's most influential and widely read scholars.
Since 1993, he has been Professor of Public Affairs, Political Science,
History, and African-American Studies at Columbia University in New York
City. In 1993 he founded the Institute for Research in African-American
Studies at Columbia University and served as director until 2003. He is
currently working on a comprehensive biography of African-American leader
Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik El Shabazz), entitled: Malcolm X: A Life of
Reinvention scheduled for publication by Viking in 2009.

Thursday November 16th, 7:00 PM
"July'64"  -- Film Screening and Discussion
Carvin Eison, SUNY Brockport &
Christine Christopher, ImageWordSound

Contemporaneous news accounts are often the basis for on-going history.  But
what happens if the news gathering is missing a significant voice, draws
hasty conclusions, or turns out to be just wrong?  Director Carvin Eison and
producer Christine Christopher will discuss how the making of the national
PBS documentary July '64 challenges old assumptions about a well-reported
civil disturbance in Rochester, New York in the summer of 1964. July'64,
produced by ImageWordSound, an independent production company based in
Rochester, New York , garnered two New York State Emmy nominations- for Best
Director and Best Historic/Cultural Programming. This session is
co-sponsored by the University at Albany Documentary Studies Program and The
New York State Writers Institute.

The conference is being held Nov. 15-16, 2006, at the University at
Albany, SUNY. It is co-sponsored by:

Department of History
University at Albany
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History Graduate
Student Organization
University at Albany
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The New York State
Archives Partnership Trust