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L theearn main more reason on it license .com/terms-and- .vexels www Thanks!Team Vexels ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM The Making African America symposium brings together scholars, journalists, activists, curators, filmmakers, and writers to discuss how immigration has shaped and is continuing to reshape what it means to be black in the United States. This project is motivated by our understanding that black immigrants—from the Caribbean migrations of the late 19th and early 20th century to the Caribbean, Latin American, and African immigrations since OBJECTIVES 1965—have exercised a profound influence on the making of African America, yet have received insufficient attention. Connecting African American history F To explore the interconnections between black immigration and African Pinback Button for Shirley to the history of immigration, this symposium will explore the rich ways American history Chisholm for President, 1972 a changing demography has transformed the social, cultural, and political F To Collection highlight how race informs national dialogues about immigration Museum of Africanof the Smithsonian American HistoryNational and significance of blackness in the United States. Culture F To bring greater visibility to the diversity of black American identities Join us as we explore topics such as the expanding geographies of civil rights, F To present and explore immigration and black identity through a defining African American and transnational identities, and notions of home multidisciplinary lens and belonging, as well as the forces underlying the tensions, shared histories, F To and alliances between different black ethnicities in the United States.