Mark Grimsley and Hasan Kwame Jeffries, co-organizers
Photographs from the Conference
Part I. The Welcome Reception, Barley's Ale House Party Room, November 9
James Hogue of UNC-Charlotte and Wayne Lee of UNC-Chapel Hill
Jeffrey Ogbar, University of Connecticut; Paul Ortiz, UC-Santa Cruz;
Hasan Jeffries, Ohio State University; Chris Strain, Florida Atlantic University
Brooks D. Simpson, Arizona State University; and Ohio State graduate
students Jim Perrin (the conference RA), John Plating, and Kate Epstein
Brooks Simpson and Mark Grimsley, Ohio State State University
Part II. The Conference: Day 1
Mershon Center Director Rick Herrmann welcomes discussants and audience to the Center
Mark Grimsley introduces Session 1:
Reconstruction: The Counter-revolution of 1866-1877;
The conference format: four discussants began each conversation; then the remaining
discussants joined; and finally the conversation was opened up to the audience.
Discussants at the table are Les Benedict, Ohio State University (emeritus); James Hogue;
and Brooks Simpson.
After lunch, Paul Ortiz (second from right) introduces Session 2:
The Segregationist Order:
Attack and Defense, 1877-1965
From left to right: Jeffrey Ogbar; Hasan Jeffries; Ortiz; and Emilye Crosby, Geneseo College-SUNY
The conference audience. In all, sixty people attended.
Getting ready for the reception at the end of Day 1.
Part III. The Conference: Day 2
Hasan Jeffries introduces Session 3:
Black Self-Defense Groups:
The Myth of Non-violent Resistance
Left to right: Jeffrey Ogbar, Paul Ortiz, Emilye Crosby, Jeffries
Mark Grimsley introduces Session 4:
Round Table Discussion:
Toward a Broader Understanding of War
Left to right: Jim Hogue, Wayne Lee, Grimsley. Outside the frame: Les Benedict
Group portrait of the discussants at the close of Day 2.
Back row, left to right: Chris Strain, Wayne Lee, Paul Ortiz,
Jeffrey Ogbar, Les Benedict, and Brooks Simpson.
Front row, left to right: Norma Kriger (Human Rights Watch), James Hogue,
Mark Grimsley, Emilye Crosby, and Hasan Jeffries.
