{"678195":{"#nid":"678195","#data":{"type":"event","title":"La Martinique aux Martiniquais: The Black Radical Imagination in the French Caribbean","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn the spring of 1963, nearly two dozen young Martinican men were arrested and charged with threatening the integrity of the French state. As many were members of the Organisation de la Jeunesse Anticolonialiste de la Martinique (OJAM), the government affirmed that they were plotting to terminate Martinique\u2019s political attachment to France. However, OJAM\u2019s ideas were more layered than the finite independence granted by France. They believed that France was responsible for the fragile state of their island and should invest in their move towards independence\u2014beginning with political autonomy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis presentation explores Assistant Professor Sanyu Mulira\u0027s attempt to historically contextualize the Affaire l\u2019OJAM and this event\u2019s irreparable damage to the autonomist movement in Martinique. Although the accused were all acquitted during a highly publicized trial, Martinicans were never able to recapture the spirit of black radical possibility. Thus, Mulira is attempting to analyze this event and its significance as an example of the black radical imagination. Nevertheless, the unrealized dreams of these activists still hold symbolic power for current generations\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAssistant Professor Sanyu Mulira presents a work-in-progress.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Assistant Professor Sanyu Mulira presents a work-in-progress."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2024-11-05 19:37:23","changed_gmt":"2024-11-05 19:39:29","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-11-07T11:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2024-11-07T12:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-11-07T12:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-11-07 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-11-07 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-11-07 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Old Civil Engineering Building, Room 104","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1288","name":"School of History and Sociology"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}