Eileen Callahan, Institutional Review Board (IRB), College of Charleston, Avery Research Center, 12-1:15 pm.

Why do I need IRB clearance for my oral history research project? Eileen Callahan addresses student and faculty questions about the ethics of conducting and using oral histories of living subjects for academic humanities research at the College of Charleston. Oral history scholars at this presentation will also discuss their “in the field” experiences and challenges with developing interview projects that are both insightful and respectful of the needs and rights of their interview subjects.

Samuel G. Freedman, Columbia University, Avery Research Center, McKinley Washington Auditorium, 6:00 pm.

Freedman discusses his new publication, Breaking the Line, which brings to life the historic saga of the battle for the 1967 black college championship, culminating in a riveting, excruciatingly close contest. Freedman traces the rise of two legendary African American coaches, Eddie Robinson and Jake Gaither, and two African American quarterbacks, James Harris and Ken Riley. Together with their teammates they helped compel the segregated colleges of the South to integrate their teams and redefined who could play quarterback in the NFL, who could be a head coach, who could run a franchise as general manager.

At the The Halsey Institute.

The exhibition will feature recent work by Washington, DC-based Renée Stout, who is best known for her exploration of vestigial retentions of African cultural traditions as manifested in contemporary America. For many years, the artist has used the alter ego Fatima Mayfield, a fictitious herbalist/fortuneteller, as a vehicle to role-play and confront issues such as romantic relationships, social ills, or financial woes in a way that is open, creative, and humorous. The exhibition focuses on the artist’s assumed role through an array of works in various media. As Stout explains, “The common thread running through bodies of my work of the past several years is the continuing need for self-discovery and the need to understand and make sense of human motives and the way we relate and respond to each other.”  http://halsey.cofc.edu/exhibitions/renee-stout/

Hosted by Dr. Karen Chandler, College of Charleston, Avery Research Center, 7 pm. MOJA is a ten-day festival (September 26 to October 6, 2013) to celebrate African American and Caribbean Art. All events are open to the public. For more information please see: http://www.mojafestival.com/home/.