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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 PRE-DAY LECTURES SEPTEMBER 5 Speaker, Cheryl Taylor Thornhill Hosted by Theresa Rash History Department W. A. Butts Social Science Building 9:00 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Speaker, Harold Comby Hosted by Alaba Oludare Criminal Justice Department, Room 18 W.A. Butts Social Science Building 10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. Speaker, Sondra Lee Bell Hosted by Dr. Curresia Brown Cliff E. Williams Auditorium Business Administration Building 11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. (Supported by the Fine Arts Department) B.B. KING DAY SYMPOSIUM SEPTEMBER 6 Suffering Songs: The Blues Identity of Native & African American People and Their Struggles Carver A. Randle Auditorium W. A. Butts Social Science Building 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. EVENING PERFORMANCES The Symposium’s Great Blues Showcase Historic Club Ebony Indianola, Miss. 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. REMEMBERING Denise LaSalle, Eddy Clearwater, Josh “Razor Blade” Stewart, and Eddie “Chank” Willis Sondra Lee Bell Dr. James Johnson Dr. Alphonso Sanders Jesse Robinson Sarah Hicks Butch Mudbone Harold Comby Roy Jim Ben Payton Larry Neal William Dan “Swift Eagle” Isaac Ricky Burkhead Adib Sabir Fred Wilson Teeny Tucker Dr. Clark White Kenny Blake Walter Riley King Bill “Howl-n-Madd” Perry Ray Neal, Jr. Joe Johnson Jimmie Lee, Jr. Guelel Kumba Bill “Little B” Perry, Jr Jimmi Mayes Charles Mitchell Reginald Seigler Theodore Arthur, Jr. Sylvester Hoover Art T. Burton Helen Sims Dr. C. Sade Turnipseed Vickie Baker SYMPOSIUM ART EXHIBITION Graylon “G.A. Free” Freeman, Kim Rushing, Dawn Whitfield, Dorothy Vaughn, Ron Minks, Spence Townsend, Sodam Lee, Dr. Alphonso Sanders, Dr. John Zheng, Littrell Lane, J.W. McCoy, and B.B. King Portrait by Alex Bostic SPECIAL GUESTS DAY AT MVSU B.B. KING RECORDING STUDIO PRESENTS S Y M P O S I U M Suffering Songs: The Blues Identity of Native and African American People and Their Struggles 4 TH ANNUAL Margaret W. Clark
