Ida B. Wells: “A Blues Woman”

This panel, commemorating the 1892 Peoples Grocery lynching of Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Will Stewart and Ida B. Wells’ response, will focus on intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality.

Panelists:
Earnestine Jenkins, University of Memphis
George Lipsitz, University of Santa Barbara
Celeste Bernier, University of Edinburgh, UK
Moderator: Dr. Beverly E. Cross, Moss Chair of Excellence in Urban Education, University of Memphis

Organized by Earnestine Jenkins and Richard Lou in collaboration with Crosstown Arts