Public Lectures

Friday, September 22, 2006
3:30pm

About the presenter

Abdul Alkalimat is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Africana Studies program at the University of Toledo and the creator of "Malcolm X: A Research Site." He moderates the largest African-American studies discussion list, H-Afro-Am, and is a member of the editorial boards of Information, Communication, and Society, cy.Rev, and Black Scholar. Professor Alkalimat is working on a book on Cybertechnology and the Black Experience, and he has published widely on technology and African American issues. His Malcolm X site is one of the most extensive and widely used African American history sites on the web.

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Video segment 1
Moving data from "atoms to bits" and changing downloaders into uploaders

Video segment 2
Cultural digitization projects of church records and hair styles

Video segment 3
The need for information to be accessible to all

Video segment 4
The importance of hearing Malcolm's voice and the experience of digital media

Video segment 5
The current state, and the future, of digital history

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This presentation included material from:

Malcolm X: A Research Site

Interview

This presenter participated in our ongoing series of Digital History interviews.