Damion Thomas, National Museum of African American History and Culture, moderates the panel discussion and Q & A on the topic of the first panel of the day, Contested Symbols in Sports and American Culture. The panelists are Kevin Gover (Pawnee), Director, National Museum of the American Indian; Ray Halbritter (Oneida), Oneida Indian Nation Representative and CEO of Oneida Nation Enterprises; Jennifer Guiliano, Assistant Professor, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis; and Mike Wise, Senior Writer, ESPN's The Undefeated.
The symposium Mascots, Myths, Monuments, and Memory examines the history of racialized mascots, Civil War monuments, and other public symbols and memorials.
Damion Thomas is the Curator of Sports for the National Museum of African American History and Culture. His professional research interests include sports history, the history of the Civil Rights movement, and U.S Cold War foreign policy.
This program was webcast and recorded in the Oprah Winfrey Theater or the National Museum of African American History and Culture on March 3, 2018.
