Announcing the Fourth Annual ISTS Small Town Symposium
April 26-28, 2007. St. Louis, Missouri
Featuring Presentations by
Dr. Sundiata Cha-Jua and Eugene B. Redmond
|
|
Dr. Sundiata Cha-Jua, Director,
African American Studies & Research Program
University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign
author, America's First Black Town:
Brooklyn, Illinois, 1830-1915
|
|
Eugene B. Redmond, Professor of English,
Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
American Book Award Winner
Pushcart Prize Winner
Poet Lauerate of East St. Louis
|
|
Thursday, April 26
Opening Reception
Grand Hall, Union Station, St. Louis (architect: Theodore C. Link, built: 1894)
Friday, April 27
Site Visit: Brooklyn, Illinois
Brooklyn Police Officer Harold Johnson on patrol ---
children pedal past a row of Strip Clubs in Brooklyn
Saturday, April 28
Site Visit: New Town at St. Charles, Missouri
New Town at St. Charles, Missouri (Duany Plater-Zyberk town planners, Tim Bussie town architect)
ISTS Business Meeting: Washington University in St. Louis
Brookings Hall, Washington University St. Louis, featured in the Louisiana Purchase World's Fair, 1904
for more information, contact:
Robert Dorgan, Director
The Institute for Small Town Studies
P.O. Box 13, Fairfield, Iowa 52556
telephone: 678 488 5062
dorgan@ISTS.org
© 2007 The Institute for Small Town Studies
www.ISTS.org
|