Monday, March 1, 2010
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
McKinney Conference Room
Frederick Opie -- 'Lowdown Culture' on the Mainland Caribbean from Guatemala to Panama 1863-1923
"‘Lowdown Culture’ on the Mainland Caribbean form Guatemala to Panama 1863-1923,” with Frederick Opie, Marist College.
Frederick Opie is associate professor of history and director of the African Diaspora Studies Program at Marist College. Dr. Opie is the author of Black Labor Migration in Caribbean Guatemala, 1882-1923, and Hog and Hominy: Soul Food from Africa to America.
Location: McKinney Conference Room.