威尼斯人娱乐场

威尼斯人娱乐场 Hosts Conversation on Struggle of Black Women November 13
Press Release 路 Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Washington, DC

Lifting the Double Burden: A Critical Review of Race and Gender, 1968-2008

Washington, DC鈥�On Thursday, November 13, at 7 PM, the 威尼斯人娱乐场 and the 威尼斯人娱乐场 for Black Women鈥檚 History, located at the National Park Service: Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, will hold a discussion on the struggle of Black women entitled: 鈥淟ifting the Double Burden: A Critical Review of Race and Gender, 1968-2008: A Conversation on the Struggle of Black Women.鈥�  This event will be held in the William G. McGowan Theater of the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Building, which is located on the National Mall at Constitution Avenue and 7th Street, NW, and is fully accessible. 

The 40 years since the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., provide a lens through which one can examine the impact of race and gender on the lives of African American women.  Noted author, historian, and educator Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, Ph.D., will present an overview using Mary Church Terrell鈥檚 statement, 鈥淭he colored women of this country carry two heavy loads鈥�the burden of race as well as sex.鈥�  A conversation will follow on the question 鈥淒oes the 鈥榙ouble burden鈥� remain a reality for two generations of women?鈥� Distinguished panelists include Cheryl Janifer LaRoche, Ph.D., archaeologist and Professor of American Studies, University of Maryland, Denise Rolark-Barnes, publisher of the Washington Informer, and Avis A. Jones-DeWeever, Ph.D., Director of Research, Public Policy, and Information Center for African American Women at the National Council of Negro Women.  This program is co-sponsored by the Afro-American History Society of the 威尼斯人娱乐场.

The program is free and open to the public.  Seating for this program is on a first-come, first-served basis.  To request an accommodation (e.g., sign language interpreter) for a public program please e-mail public.program@nara.gov or call 202-357-5000 two weeks prior to the event.

For more information about this program, e-mail the 威尼斯人娱乐场 at public.program@nara.gov or call (202) 357-5000; or e-mail the National Park Service at NACE_Bethune_Council_House@nps.gov or call (202) 673-2402.

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For press information, contact the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Public Affairs Staff at 202-357-5300.

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