for the Oscar Micheaux Memorial Celebration Great Bend Kansas October 1—2, 2005 |
Oscar Micheaux Memorial Celebration:
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| The theme "Rising From the Plains: How Black Kansans Ignited a Cultural Revolution" will salute black Kansans who have distinguished themselves in the arts. This year’s salute includes Oscar and Swan Micheaux, Aaron Douglas, Langston Hughes, Gordon Parks and Hattie McDaniel. The best way to honor the memory of Oscar Micheaux is to honor him and others like him who went from the Great Plains to greatness in Harlem and other urban art centers. Oscar Micheaux was the first African-American to produce feature films. He was the grandson of Kansas exodusters who migrated to Kansas in 1879. |
(Crest Theater, Great Bend) | ||
| 9:00 a.m. | Prof. Carmaletta Williams | "Free Did Not Mean Welcome" |
| 10:00 a.m. | Prof. Amy Kirschke | "Aaron Douglas and the Harlem Renaissance" |
| 11:00 a.m. | Prof. Denise Low and husband Thomas Francis Weso | "Midwest Influences on Langston Hughes" |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch break | |
| 1:15 p.m. | Karla Burns | "Hattie McDaniel, My Inspiration" |
| 2:30 p.m. | Professor John Edgar Tidwell | "Gordon Parks’ Learning Tree Experience" |
| 3:15 p.m. | "Murder in Harlem," (1935) Oscar Micheaux film, DVD, from the Tyler, Texas Film Collection. | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Dinner served on location at Jack Kilby Square | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Prof. Kevin Willmott | Confederate States of America Discussion Panel Re: Confederate States of America read more about this film |
| 12:30 p.m. | Graveside event at Oscar and Swan Micheaux’s final resting place; Wreath-laying ceremony, Music | |