Dr. Joy Banner is Co-Founder and Co-Director of The Descendants Project, a nonprofit foundation committed to the liberation of the Black descendant community through the dismantling of inequitable and discriminatory economic, environmental, and social systems inherent in the violent legacies of slavery. After earning a Ph.D. from Louisiana State University, she taught business communications, marketing, and entrepreneurship at the university level where she advanced to Chair of the Management program. Dr. Banner is a proud member of the local descendant community with rooted ancestry that can be traced to the 18th century.

Schedule

Noon to 12:45 pm
Outside Museum, South Tent
The Creole Gumbo of Identity: Lineage, Passing, and the Ingredients of Race
John W. Durel, Descendants: The Divided Lineage of a Louisiana Creole Family
with Dr. Joy Banner

Moderator