"The 1969 Morrill Hall Takeover: University of Minnesota Veteran Activists Reflect on Black Bodies in Resistance"
This roundtable discussion will be one of several events leading up to the fortieth anniversary of the peaceful protest efforts that forced the University to establish a Black Studies unit on campus. The panelists will examine several competing narratives about the events surrounding the January 15, 1969 occupation of Morrill Hall. Organized by Walt Jacobs, professor of African American & African Studies, the panel will include Rose Brewer, Keith Mayes, Yuichiro Onishi and John Wright of African American & African Studies, as well as Alisha Volante of the History department.