GENERAL STATEMENT
The Student Conference Committee of Bryn Mawr and Haverford
Colleges will sponsor THE SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION,
a conference on the Negro movement in the United States, on
February 7, 8 and 9, 1964. This conference is intended for
undergraduate students who have an interest in the problems
and possibilities facing the American Negro today.

The purpose of THE SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION is to
promote a better understanding of the critical forces and issues
shaping Negro life in America. Symposium speakers will both
describe the efforts now being made to improve the Negro's
position in society and consider the effects of these efforts on
the whole of American society. In the choice of speakers, an
attempt has been made to achieve broad ideological and geo-
graphical representation. Among those who have already
accepted invitations to speak are:

Malcolm X; Black Muslim minister of mosques in Washing-
ton and New York and chief spokesman for the Black
Muslim movement.

Herbert Hill; Labor Secretary of the NAACP.

James Kilpatrick; editor of the Richmond (Va.) "News Lead-
er" and author of "The Case for Segregation".

James Forman; Executive Secretary of the Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee.

James Farmer; National Director of the Congress of Racial
Equality.

John Hope Franklin; Chairman of History Dept., Brooklyn
College; author of From Slavery to Freedom: A History of
American Negroes, and The Militant South.

The conference will include a series of addresses, panel discus-
sions, and intensive seminars on specific aspects of the Negro
movement. Each seminar will be led by three or four experts
in the particular field under discussion; to ensure the students
a chance to talk personally with these men, the seminar groups
will be limited to twenty students and ample time will be allot-
ted for informal discussion. Each student delegate will register
in advance for one particular seminar and several weeks prior
to the conference will receive a bibliography and a selection
of representative writings pertinent to the topic of his seminar.
This, it is hoped, will provide a minimum common fund of
knowledge to aid discussion in the various groups.

SEMINAR TOPICS
1. Class Structure: the social structure of Negro society and its
interaction with the class structure of sociey as a whole.

2. Economics: The economic position of Negroes, including em-
ployment, regional breakdown, and labor unions.

3. Education: The condition of Negro education and school
integration.

4. Government—two studies:
	a. The role of the federal legislature and the federal
	judiciary.
	b. Executive action and state government.

5. Housing: A regional analysis, the metropolitan area, and
possibilities for federal action.

6. Psychology of Prejudice: The origins and nature of prejudice
against Negroes as well as its effect on both Negroes and
Whites; implications for future action.

7. Violence, Non-Violence, and Civil Disobedience: Method and
philosophy of direct action movements.

8. Voting: The constitutional background of voting; methods of
discrimination and the role of the federal government; the
political effects of Negro voting power.

9. Case Studies:
	a. Cambridge
	b. New Orleans
	c. Philadelphia

SCHEDULE
Friday, February 7, 1964
1:00- 8:00 p.m.: Registration at both campuses.
3:30- 5:30 p.m.: Opening Address; John Hope Franklin.
8:00-11:30 p.m.: Two panel discussions, featuring Malcolm X;
James Kilpatrick and James Farmer.
Followed by informal coffee hour.

Saturday, February 8, 1964
900-12:00 a.m.: Panel Discussion, with James Forman, Her-
bert Hill, and others.
2:00- 5:00 a.m.: Seminars—The topics listed above. Each
delegate will prepare for and attend one of the
twelve seminars.
8:00- 9.30 p.m.: Entertainment.
9:30-12:30 p.m.: Receptions at Bryn Mawr College.

Sunday, February 9, 1964
9:00-10:30 a.m.: Concluding session.