AFRICAN ASSOCIATION OF MADISON, INC
presents

2002 AFRICAN LECTURE SERIES

"AFRICAN AND BLACK MIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES: TIES THAT BIND"

by
Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, Ph.D.
UW-Milwaukee Department of Africology

When:   Friday, April 5, 2002
Time:   ******* 7:00 PM *****
Where:  The Red Gym (near Memorial Union)

Over the past four centuries, the United States has received tens of millions of black migrants from the
African continent and elsewhere in the Americas. In addition to the original forced migration of the
population presently known as "African Americans," millions came from Latin America, the Caribbean and
Africa it self.

Patrick Bellegarde-Smith will raise and respond to the following questions:

** What has been the impact on the United States and on Afro-American populations?
** Where do these new peoples "fit' in the context of American racism?
** Is there a new definition of black and white in the offing based on Latin American standards?
** What is the relationship that has evolved between various African-derived ethnic groups in the
United States?
** What does it mean in our new-fangled concerns for "multiculturalism."

Patrick Bellegarde-Smith is a Haitian author who has written extensively on issues of cultural identity in
the African Diaspora. He received his Ph.D. in international studies at the American University in
Washington, D.C.

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