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17th ANNUAL

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“THE PROMISE AND POLITICS OF NATIVE LAND”

Professor at University of Minnesota, Author of The Color of the Land, Theodore Saloutos Prize from the Agricultural History Association, CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award, Finalist for the John Hope Franklin Award for Most Outstanding Book in American Studies from the American Studies Association

Dr. David Aiona Chang

PART 1:

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March
5

THURSDAY

7:00–9:00pm

Cascia Hall Performing Arts Center

2520 S Yorktown Ave, Tulsa, OK

Associate Professor – The Clara Luper Department of African and African American Studies at the University of Oklahoma, Co-Director of Oklahoma Research for the Black Homesteaders Project, a Fulbright Scholar with an Endowed Chair in Humanities and Social Sciences

Dr. Kalenda Eaton

PART 2:

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May
28

THURSDAY

7:00–9:00pm

Venue TBD

Tulsa, OK

Charles Howard Candler Professor of History – Emory University, 2013 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Non-fiction, Past post as dean at Emory College of Arts and Science; and of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Author of Black Slaves, Indian Masters

Dr. Barbara Krauthamer

PART 3:

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Sept
10

THURSDAY

7:00–9:00pm

Venue TBD

Tulsa, OK

If you would like to sponsor the 2026 Symposium, please contact:

Donna Gaston – dgaston@jhfcenter.org

Reconciliation in America National Symposium

John Hope Franklin Center
for Reconciliation

Office: 918-295-5009

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