The annual Zane L. Miller Symposium focuses this year on concerns about the prominence of Charles McMicken, his known slave holding past, and his relationship to UC. The Student Senate voted to remove McMicken’s name from the College of Arts and Science. UC President Neville Pinto has created a university-wide commission to examine this issue. This is an opportune time for a broader community conversation about this crucial concern.

We invite you to join us in conversations designed to offer information and opportunities to listen to various perspectives on the question of removing McMicken’s name from the College, McMicken’s legacy, and finding ways to open a safe dialogue regarding the University’s stated commitment to an environment of “equity and inclusion in 2019 and beyond.”

Free and Open to the Public

• David Stradling, Welcome & Introductions, Moderator
(Associate Dean for Humanities, Zane L. Miller Professor of Urban History)
• Sinna Habteselassie
(UC Student Body President)
• Ashley Nkadi
(UC alum, Co-founder Irate8, Writer and Social Justice Activist)
• Greg Hand
(Former UC Associate Vice President for Public Relations, and UC historian)

UC History in the City thanks our co-sponsors and donors:
• UC African American Cultural and Resource Center
• Research Panel on University-City Relations, UC Affiliate of Universities Studying Slavery
• The Niehoff Fund
• Judith Spraul-Schmidt and Michael Schmidt
• Charles and Virginia Casey-Leininger
• UC College of Arts and Sciences