Reception, Banquet, & Luncheon Menus
Wednesday Executive Council Meeting
ITALIAN BUFFET LUNCH
SALADS
Field greens | Parmesan | Artichokes | Olives | Tomatoes | Red Wine Vinaigrette
Roasted Zucchini | Tomatoes | Crushed Basil | Charred Radicchio | Peppers | Lemon Oil
MAINS
Roasted salmon with lemon, herbs and romesco
Grilled chicken breast with lemon thyme butter
SIDES
Penne pasta, vodka sauce, Charred peppers & green beans
SWEETS
Wednesday Reception at the Heinz History Center
Fruit and veggie display
Antipasta display (meats, cheese, roasted vegetables, dips, breads, crackers)
Black eyed peas and rice
Honey-a-Must wings
Jambalaya / cornbread squares
Collard & kale greens - no meat
Catfish nuggets
Vegan chicken stir fry
Vegetable pasta
Dessert display
Thursday Luncheon Buffet
TRAILS & RIVERS BUFFET HOT BUFFET
SALADS
Blue cheese, toasted pistachios, dried fruits, fava beans, red wine vinaigrette
Roasted Brussels sprouts salad | Pomegranate arils, crumbled bacon, candied walnuts, buttermilk ranch dressing
MAINS
Coffee & molasses-rubbed pork loin
Herb encrusted chicken breast | Garlic cream
SIDES
Skillet sweet potatoes | Crumbled feta, raisin relish
Spinach & baby carrots | Espresso dust, sea salt
DESSERT
Thursday Reception at the Embassy Suites
Reception Display
Raw Organic Vegetables with Hummus, Smoked
Almonds, Baked & Grilled Pitas
Sliced Fresh Fruit Display with Seasonal Berries
Caribbean Station
Jerk Chicken
Caribbean Seasoned Vegetables
White & Brown Rice
Skewer Station
Beef Satay Skewers
BBQ Chicken Skewers
Vegetable Skewers
Served with Assorted Sauces
Roasted Potatoes
Assorted Cookies & Brownies
Friday Luncheon Buffet
MOUNTAINS & NATURE BUFFET
SALADS
Baby kale | Forest mushrooms, pickled beets, seasoned feta, whole-grain mustard vinaigrette
Mesclun greens | Heirloom cherry tomatoes, shaved red onion, cucumbers, shredded carrots, torn bread croutons, wild herb vinaigrette
MAINS
Roasted cod | Herbed cracker crumbs, caper lemon pan jus
Sweet tea fried chicken
SIDES
Campfire potatoes | Marble potatoes, caramelized onions, smoked paprika butter
Charred cauliflower | Apple cider glaze, crushed red pepper
SWEETS
Friday Night Reception
SLIDER BAR RECEPTION STATION
Angus beef, Nashville hot breaded chicken, Southwest black bean
Kettle Chips
BLOOMFIELD PASTA RECEPTION
STATION
Penne and ravioli
Pomodoro, short rib Bolognese and Gournay
Alfredo & chicken sauces
TOSS-IT-UP SALAD STATION
Southwest Caesar salad
Torn romaine, marinated black beans, cumin roasted corn
chipotle Caesar dressing, crushed corn tortilla crisps
Baby kale & gem lettuce salad
Forest mushrooms, roasted bell peppers, sprouts, savory trail mix
seasoned feta, whole-grain mustard vinaigrette
Lemon Bars and Brownies
Coffee, tea, iced tea (sweet & unsweet) and lemonade
Saturday Luncheon Buffet
VINE & VINTNERS BUFFET
SALADS
Gem lettuce salad | Garbanzo beans, sundried tomatoes, pecans, crumbled goat cheese, red wine vinaigrette
Garden greens salad | Haricots vert, shaved parmesan, caramelized root vegetables, Sunflower seeds, champagne vinaigrette
MAINS
Chardonnay-brined chicken breast, grape chutney
Rosé wine-basted salmon, orange marmalade & mustard glaze
SIDES
Steamed broccolini, forest mushroom mélange, verjus, aged balsamic
Heirloom grain pilaf, spinach, confit tomatoes
DESSERTS
Saturday Banquet
Butter lettuce, heirloom tomatoes, watermelon radish carrot, grapefruit & basil dressing
Garlic roast chicken
Ranch Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes
Green beans, carrots
Dessert
Vegetarian
Cavatappi Pasta
Baked Tomato Marinara
Chef’s blend mushrooms, olives, basil
HOTEL & LOCATION INFORMATION
SESSIONS FOR THE CONFERENCE WILL BE LOCATED IN THREE BUILDINGS
THE HEINZ HISTORY CENTER
1212 SMALLMAN STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA 15222
On Wednesday, from 12:00 noon to 8:15 p.m., transportation will be provided from the Omni Hotel through the Oliver Avenue entrance to the Center.
THE OMNI WILLIAM PENN HOTEL - HOST HOTEL
530 WILLIAM PENN PLACE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15219
ROOMS LOCATED ON THE 1ST FLOOR
CHURCHILL
FOX CHAPEL
MT. LEBANON
OAKMONT
OAKMONT FOYER - REGISTRATION
SEWICKLEY
SHADY SIDE
ROOMS LOCATED ON THE CONFERENCE LEVEL
CARNEGIE I
CARNEGIE II
CARNEGIE III
OLIVER
PARKVIEW EAST
VANDERGRIFT
ROOMS LOCATED ON THE WILLIAM PENN LEVEL ANCHOR
RIVERBOAT - EXHIBITS
STERNWHEELER - EXHIBITS THREE RIVERS
WILLIAM PENN BALLROOMMEALS AND PLENARY SESSIONS
ATTENDEE WIFI ACCESS CODE: ASALH2024
THE EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL
535 SMITHFIELD STREET, PITTSBURGH, PA, 15222
Located across the street from the Omni William Penn Hotel. Exhibitors, the Thursday Author's Book Signing and Journal of African American History Reception, the Friday Poster Sessions, and other sessions.
ROOMS LOCATED AT THE EMBASSY SUITES ON THE SECOND FLOOR
HEINZ
GRANT
OLIVER CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS ROOM
365, Black History, 045
Abdiruhman, Lisette, 014
Abdo-baari, Barakah, 020, 170
Abdul-Ghani, Casarae, 067, 110 abdullah, keturah, 008, 104
Abdullah-Smith, Hazim, 104
Acker, Daniel, 012
Adams, Ashley, 100, 121 Adams, John, 002
Adell, Sandra, 052
African American Civil Rights Network, NPS/, 045
Agbo, Chinedu, 075
Ai, Joan, 092
Akines, Stacey L., 140
Alahmed, Nadia, 059, 107
Alexander, Shawn, 123, 163 Allen, Austin, 165
Allen, Madge, 127
Allen, Marcus Anthony, 011
Allison, Donnetrice, 114
Alridge, Derrick P., 163
Alston, Sydney, 124
Alvarez Guillen, Miranda, 106
Alves Matos, Thayza, 111 Anderson, Mia Y., 126 Anderson, Reynaldo, 076
Andrews, Amelia Anne, 104
Apparel, YBI African, 045
Armagost, Karen, 126
Ashaolu, Gloria J., 122 Austin, Kaila, 091
Banks, Adam, 113
Barba, Paul, 086
Barber, Tiffany E., 076
Baudelaire, Jameson, 104, 136 Bay, Mia, 163
Bayeza, Ifa, 126
Beasley, Jaycob Mykel, 104 Bell, Ramona, 136
Belt, Leia Danae, 008, 140, 188
Bernado, Ashley, 111
Bernier, Julia, 067, 187
Bess, Reginald A., 017
Bickerstaff,II, Daniel, 165
Billops, Camille, 035, 048, 065, 069
Billups, William Robert, 030
Bireda, Martha Russell, 092
Black, M. Taylor, 188
Black, Samuel W, 003, 005, 174, 191
Blackman, Dexter, 175
Participant Index
Numbers following names indicate session numbers
Blackman-Richards, Norka, 002
Blackmer, Peter, 057, 088, 123, 142
Blakeslee, Thomas, 015
Blockett, Kimberly, 038
Boccella, Demeatria, 062
Books, Zawadi, 045
Bookstore, Blackworldschoolers Mobile, 044
Boston, Amanda, 136
Bradley, Regina, 186
Bradley, Stefan, 049
Brewer, Herbert, 054, 175
Briggs, Qwenton, 146
Bristow, Margaret, 081
Brock, Lisa, 119
Brodie, Lyman, 002
Brodnax, David, 158
Brooks, Lonny Avi, 076
Brooks, Maya, 110
Brown, Aleia, 087
Brown, Deborah Anna, 018, 079, 148
Brown, Lisa Rochelle, 095
Brown, Nikki Lynn Marie, 146
Brown-Smith, Tailar, 010
Brown Stangeland, Layli Jeanette
Tahirih, 087, 111
Broyld, dann j, 158
Brunson, Joy, 085
Bullock, Gretchen, 113
Bullock, Quintin A., 046
Burden-Stelly, Charisse, 033
Burgin, Say, 067, 161
Burrell, Kristopher, 161
Burrowes, Patrick, 054, 067
Butler, Philip, 076
Butts, Renia, 057
Bynum, Cornelius, 002, 174, 191
Cade, Anthony J, 002, 158, 181
Caise, William, 020
Caldwell-Serges, Lisa, 095
Calhoun, Cathryn, 001
Callier, Durell, 058
Cama, Anaelle Rosa Huguette, 009
Campbell, Maia, 118
Canton, David Alvin, 033
Carter, Carlos T., 191
Cartwright, Joan, 013, 185
cathcart, alexis, 008
Causey, Evelyn, 093
Cauthen, Sloane, 104
Celano, Daniele, 187
Cha-Jua, Sundiata Keita, 002, 064, 067,
125, 138, 162, 182
Chiwa, Akudzwe Elsie, 137
Choice, The Scholar’s, 045
Cilli, Adam Lee, 066
Clarkson, Alonge O, 013
Cochran, Marie Toni, 153
Cody, Tiffany N., 085
Cole, David, 090
Cole Kai-Lewis, Abimbola, 118 Collins, Ian, 106
Conley, Darlene, 008
Conner, Grover Jasper, 026
Contreras, Christian, 023
Cook-Bell, Karen, 002, 040, 187
Cooke, James Robert, 113
Cooper, Melissa L., 177
Cooper Owens, Deirdre, 177
Covington-Ward, Yolanda, 054
Cowan, Aaron, 066
Cox, Jordana, 096
Crafts, Zee, 045
Craig, Bradley, 086
Crawford, Margo, 059
Cromartie, J. Vern, 088
Croney, Stephanie, 085
Crumley, Jaimie D, 038
Cruz, Kymberly, 042
Culverson, Donald, 022
Cummings, Edna, 181
Cummings, Jaha, 092
Cyrus, Sylvia Y., 002, 005, 006, 046, 068, 108, 127, 130, 138, 171, 174, 191
Dagbovie, Pero, 122, 174, 191
Dance, Eola, 155
Dancy, Elon, 068
Davis, Brian C, 075
Davis, Christina, 060
Davis, Christopher, 088, 117, 140
Davis, Ella J, 014, 077, 158
Davis, Hunter Miles, 028
Davis, Ophera A., 136
Dekle, James, 020
Diaz, Tyler, 017
Dickerson, Christina Marie, 053
Diggs, Constance L., 183
Diggs Colbert, Soyica, 105
Dillahunt-Holloway, Ajamu, 124
Diouf, Shani Dessie Inell, 032, 180
Donaldson, Bobby, 188
Donkor, Crystal, 139
Dow, Talia, 115
Drake, Simone, 082
Dromgoole, Ambre, 039
Drum and Dance Group, Sankofa Village, 127
Duckett, Ajewole, 142
Dulaney, W. Marvin, 002, 005, 062, 064, 068, 123, 127, 138, 182, 191
Duncan, Natanya, 002, 006, 112, 154, 178
Dyer, Ervin, 062
Dyssou, Nanda, 036
Ealey, Jordan, 105, 157
Ebright, Wanda, 032, 067, 180 Eddins, Crystal, 094
Edgar, Donna Marie, 104 Edmeier, Daniela, 169
Edwards, Anne Marie, 031, 170 Edwards, Norrell, 102 Ellis, Kimberly, 062, 108 Ellis, Paul, 062
England, Tanya M, 183
English, Bertis D, 068 Erchak, Wyatt, 015
Etienne, Leslie, 002, 010, 027, 064, 091, 135, 182, 191
Eure, Eve, 102
Evans, Stephanie Y., 067, 178 Everybody, Something For, 045
Ewing, Carl, 165
Ewing, K.T., 039, 043, 060, 094
Ewing, Lavita, 165
Fashions, Aziz, 045
Fashions, Heritage International, 045
Favor, Logan, 023 Fields-Black, Edda L., 067, 101, 177 Finley, Shakealia, 056
Fischer, Dawn-Elissa, 125, 186
Flamer, Michelle, 052 Fleming, Julius, 105
Flemming, Sheila Y., 171 Flynn, Joseph, 061
Fontno, Sean, 147
Fontno, Tiffeni, 011, 147 Ford, Melissa, 066, 157
Foreman, Deirdre, 002, 183
Fortado, Stephanie, 165 Fraser, Rhone, 081 Frazier, Valerie, 104 Freeman, Trayc, 140 Fuller, Sharon, 168
Gaines, Kevin, 163
Gainey, Ed, 005
Gallagher, Sean, 086
Gannaway, Jada, 122
Gantt, Nyah, 142
Garcia, John J, 015
Garrett-Scott, Shennette, 030, 112
Gary, Lindsay, 180
Germain, Esther, 138
Germain, Felix, 138, 174, 191
Gillis, Hazel D, 064, 104, 127
Gilpin, Tyson, 181
Gipson, Maurice D., 043
Girardeau, Arnetta C, 104
Givens, Jarvis Ray, 002
Glantz, Jillian, 022
Global, Cathy’s, 047
Goggins, Lathardus, 067
Gold, Aniya, 110
Gonzalez-Garcia, Debra Taylor, 087
Goodwin, Daleah, 006, 060
Gosa, Jamaal, 145
Grace-Williams, Michelle, 028
Gray, LaVerne, 144
Gray Jr, Marc, 095
Greason, Walter, 128, 172, 190
Greene, Clarreese La’Nay, 170
Greer, Arletha, 104
Griffin, Tarsha, 106
Grouper, 044
Grubbs-King, Leslee, 008
Gruber, Christiane, 152
Guy, Harrison, 180
Hall, Alycia, 094
Hall Dotson, Susan, 027
Halley, Brian, 050
Halliday, Aria S., 167
Hamilton, Gabriel, 067
Hamilton, Kenneth M, 053, 118
Hamlin, Francoise N., 051
Hammack, María Esther, 086
Hammell, William Masami, 050
Hankins, Rebecca Louise, 006, 104
Hanna, Cassondra, 041
Hardy, Everett, 030, 106
Harris, Felecia, 079
Harris, LaShawn, 122, 127, 174, 191
Harris, Phillip, 008
Harris-Cole, Linda, 090
Hawk, Emily, 096
Hawkes, DeLisa, 102
Hawkins, Kenneth, 028
Hayes, Nichelle M., 027
Hayes, Sheena, 060, 157
Haykal, Aaisha N., 002, 006, 021, 138, 156
Head Foundation, David L., 045
Hearns, Charles, 064
Helpdesk, APC, 044
Henderson, Edwin Bancroft, 067
Henderson, Jaontra, 080
Henderson, Wanda, 042
Henry, Britney, 139
Henry, Kelsey, 026
Hewins-Maroney, Barbara, 188
Hightower, Frank Floyd, 098
Hines, Vanessa, 041
Hobson, Maurice J., 186, 189
Hodge, Ruth E., 174, 191
Holland, Daniel, 077
Holley, Jaida, 012
Holley, Regina, 042
Holmes, Melanie R., 099
Holness, Lucien, 187
Holt, Valerie Ann, 002
Hooper, Leta, 033
Horace, Ashly, 032, 104, 180
House, Anton D., 117
Howell, Kisha, 103
Howze, Tamanika, 042
Hulbert, Isaac, 023
Humphrey, Amina, 081
Humphrey, Kathy, 046
Hunter, Lex, 120
Hyman, Monique, 148
Ignite, CMR, 044
Igwedibia, Adaoma, 013
Illingworth, James, 187
Information Resources, Council on Library &, 044
Ingram, Corey, 034
International, The Foundation, 045
Issac-Savage, Paulette E., 095
Iyengar, Malathi, 058
Jackmon, Marvin X, 152
Jackson, Evelyn, 006, 008
Jackson, Kellie Carter, 067, 101
Jackson, Tanisha M., 019
Jacobs Thompson, Sharita, 122
James, Dawnavyn, 016
Jefferson, Nailah, 189
Jelks, Randal Maurice, 189 Jenkins, Joshua, 126
Jennings, Brandon D, 145
Jenrich, Marissa A, 038
Johns, Glynis, 019, 087, 115, 150
Johnson, Aisha, 002, 006, 021, 138, 174, 191
Johnson, Amber, 164
Johnson, Andre E., 067, 158
Johnson, Charles, 124
Johnson, Deanda, 093
Johnson, Elizabeth, 022, 052, 113
Johnson, Maude, 127
Johnson, Rahman, 127
Johnson, Tracey, 096
Jones, Aristotle, 153
Jones, Cassandra, 127
Jones, Ida E., 002, 127
Jones, Kelly Houston, 040
Jones, Marcelle, 067
Jones, Michelee Theresa, 079
Jones, Patrick, 049
Jones, Renata Love, 147
Jordan, Ashley, 174, 191
Jordan, Jamon, 097
Jouili, Jeanette, 152
Joyner, Brian, 126
Judy, RA, 152
Jurgenson, Barry, 121
Kennedy, Katrena, 165 Khater, Micah, 026
Kilgore, Brittney, 041
Kimble, Lionel, 002, 006, 008, 071, 132, 138
King, Dante D, 080
King, Shannon, 096
Klanderud, Jessica D, 006, 066
Laing, Justin D, 145
Lang, T., 180
Langellier, John Phillip, 017
Lanier, Walter J, 002
Lawrence, Valerie Adeniji, 116
Lee, Asa, 046
Lee, Kim, 067
Legend, Latif, 008
Leverette Hall, Tru, 104
Levy, Peter, 161
Lewis, Allison Michele, 024
Lewis, Gina Marie, 155
Lewis, Thabiti, 160
Lewis-Hale, Phyllis, 032
Lewis-Timmons, Monet, 139
Ligon, Tina Louise, 159
Likely, Rasheda, 025
Liles-Amponsah, Alyssa, 120
Lindner, Jenee, 067
Lindsey, Treva, 169
Livingston, Samuel, 031
Lloyd, Morgan T, 017
Locke, Brandi, 038
Lopez, Alyssa, 096
Lowe, Turkiya, 100
Lubin, Alex, 107
Maginn, Andrew, 135
Makalani, Minkah, 162
Maranatha, Bia-, 045
Martin, Lois Mufuka, 137
Martin-King, Charity, 023
Masghati, Emily, 110
Mason, Michael Gerard, 009
Matthews, Lopez, 002, 021, 084, 174, 191
Maxwell, M Marie, 022
Mays McDonald, Pamela, 055
McAllister, Paul, 169
McClarin, Kamal A., 090, 177
McGill, Alicia, 124
McKinney, Jr., Charles, 051, 067
McLarney, Ellen, 152
McNair, Oliver, 174
McNamee, Heather, 043
McNeil, Adam Xavier, 017, 086, 117
McPherson, Tracey Lynne, 008
Media, Jasiri X/One Hood, 130
Meeks, Tomiko, 002, 006
Meggerson Moore, Joyce, 191
Mehta, Archit Jaladhi, 041
Middleton, Leontyne, 127
Miletsky, Zebulon, 002, 006, 049, 123
Militz-Frielink, Sarah, 061
Miller, Uzoma, 024
Mimms Scavnicky, Kristen, 104
Mingo, AnneMarie, 053
Mississippi, University Press of, 044
Mitchell, Anthony, 042
Mixon, Gregory Lamont, 011, 028, 188
Moeller, John, 181
Monroe, Kimberly, 099
Montgomery, Nicholl D, 147
moore, candace, 017
Moore, Chris, 046
Moore, Lawana Holland-, 055
Moore, Tyler DeWayne, 113
Morant, Quintarra, 137
Morgan, III, James, 002, 006, 008
Morris, Naja, 104
Morrow, Lynne, 168
Morton, Terrell, 056
Moten, Crystal M., 067, 161
Mufuka, Rumbidzai, 028, 067, 137
Mwangi, Peter Njagi, 111
Myburgh, Brittany, 031
Myers, Amrita Chakrabarti, 101, 178
Nachescu, Ileana, 157
Nance, Nichole, 008
Neal, Deacon Jeffery, 095
Neal, Rev. Jeffery, 095
Nelson, Noah, 088, 164
Neubauer, Mark, 011
Newman, Christopher, 142
Nickens, Rabin, 077
Nicol, Donna J., 036, 067
Nicole, Zariah, 118
Niño, Laura, 111
Norment, Jr., Nathaniel, 125
Noyalas, Jonathan A, 181
Odion, Gretchen J, 149 of Florida, University Press, 044
Ogbar, Jeffery O.G., 186
Oliver, Keisha, 008, 011, 136
Onli, Turtel, 097
Osei, Johari Diata, 074
Ossa, Luisa Marcela, 058
Overton-Mann, Dwayne, 096
Parker, Alison Marie, 040, 112
Patterson, Leah La’Nay, 020, 170
Patterson, Valerie Lyles, 085
Pearl, Staycee, 155
Penn, Bonita Lee, 067
Perdue, Santrell, 028
Petties, Michelle, 067
Phillips, Kenvi, 002, 084, 155
Phillips, Logan, 008
Pilatte, Malaurie, 009
Pinkston, Ada, 155
Plange, Xorlali, 097
Plasencia, Sam, 015
Pollard, Sam, 089
Popowich, Natasha, 079
Porter, Curtiss, 116
Powers, Jr., Bernard, 177
Pratt, Menah, 067, 167
Press, Columbia University, 044
Press, Myers Education, 044
Press, The University of Chicago, 045
Press, University of Arkansas, 044
Press, University of Georgia, 044
Press, University of Illinois, 044
Press, University of Mass, 044
Press, University of North Carolina, 045 Press, University of Pennsylvania, 045 Press, University of Pittsburgh, 045
Press, University of South Carolina, 044 Press, University of Virginia, 044
Press, Vanderbilt University, 044
Preston, Ashley Robertson, 040, 171
Price, Reginald, 173
Procope Bell, Danielle, 102
Putnam, Lara E, 112
QUEEN, KIMBERLY M, 127
Quiros, Ansley Lillian, 053
Rains, Lesley, 050
Redd, Marques, 010
Rejuvenation Cream, Egyptian Harvest, 045
Renée, L, 153
Ribeiro, Ariane, 146
Richardson, Renee, 162
Richmond, LaWana, 076
Ridley, Leticia, 105
Rivera, Isaiah Frost, 106
Rivers, Larry O., 053, 067
Robinson, Deborah, 156
Rocke (DMA), Dr. Jolie, 032
Rogers, Christopher R., 055
Rogers, Juhanna, 019
Rogers, Justin Isaac, 158 Rogers, Lewis, 083
Rolark Barnes, Denise, 002
Rooks, Noliwe, 171
Rowe, Brian, 181 Roy, Ariel, 100, 121 Royster, Briana, 094
Saffold, Jacinta R, 139 Sanchez, Sonia, 174, 191
Sanders, Crystal R., 040, 067
Sanders-McMurtry, Kijua, 009, 081
Sankarsingh, Brian, 063, 067
Sanya, Brenda N., 058
Saunders, Ronald Brooks, 005
Scott, Daryl Michael, 002, 006, 054, 101, 138, 163, 175
Scott, Michelle R., 039, 067
Scruggs, Camesha, 174, 191
Segal, Rana, 166
Sewell, Caleb, 056
Shabazz, Amilcar, 123
Shakir, Ameenah, 184
Shelton, Jason E, 014, 067
Shepherd, Anita Moore, 002, 138 Silva Hyde, Kathryn, 049
Siracusa, Anthony C, 051, 053
Smethurst, James, 059
Smith, Hampton, 088
Smith, Joyya, 183
Smith, Pamela Reese, 067
Smith, R. Drew, 046, 075
Smith, Shanna Louise, 159 Smith, Tanisha, 008
Smith-Pradia, Kemba, 083
Smooth, Anthony, 008
Solutions, Advanced Meetings, 044
Southers, Mark Clayton, 098, 116
Soylu, Mary, 031
Spears, Alan, 126
Spires, Derrick A., 139
St. Angelo, Benjamin, 169
Stanley, Rosalind “Roz” Caldwell, 067
Stephens, Brian, 079
Sterrs-Howard, Tamika Sakayi, 032, 104
Stevens, Tim, 191
Stewart, James B., 042, 067, 125, 163
Stokes, Brandon, 160
Stokes, Jackie, 180
Strayhorn, Joshua, 121
Sutton, Nicole, 164
Taaffe, Claudine Olivia, 167
Table, ASALH Media, 044
Table, ASALH Store, 047
Tadej, Peggy, 181
Tandy, Kisha, 027, 091
Tarik, Latif, 099
Tate, Angela, 038, 099
Taylor, Kieth, 145
Taylor, Nikki, 101, 174, 191
Taylor, Ula Y., 112
Taylor, Valerie, 159
Tchakirides, Will, 074
Temple, Christel N, 075
Terry, Scott, 037
Terry-Elliott, Jessica Lynn, 087
Thomas, Daniel, 008
Thomas, Felicia, 040, 175
Thomas, Terrance, 064, 182
Thompkins, Will, 042
Thompson, Albert, 002, 006, 024
Thompson, Heather Ann, 189
Thompson, Lisa B., 105
Thomson, Paul Michael, 059, 160
Tillman, Ryan, 083
Tinson, Christopher, 123
Todd, Timothy, 030
Towns, Shaleace Nichelle, 104
Trotter, Joe W., 053, 066, 174, 191
Tucker, Arthur, 091
Turner, Denise, 062
Turner, Lou, 141
Tuszynska, Agnieszka, 144
Udin, Sala, 098, 108, 116
Uyola, Rosie Jayde, 161
Valentine, Danyelle, 094
Vance, Reginald, 067
Vaughn, Gladys Gary, 002, 012
Vortia, Christina, 006, 104
Walker, Marcel, 080
Walker, Tahirah, 171
Walters, Wayne, 046
Warren, Alexandra Joye, 180
Warren, Kellee, 015
Warren Hill, Laura, 161
Webb, Taurean, 107
Webber, Randall C., 067, 168
Webster, Crystal Lynn, 040
West, E. James, 144
West, John J, 037
Whitaker, Nathaniel Junious, 011
White, Deborah Gray, 174, 191
White, Derrick, 123
White, Morgan, 008, 028
Whitman, Kayleigh C, 053
Wilkerson, Dominique, 093
Wilkins, David G., 064
Williams, Douglas, 160
Williams, Hettie V, 040
Williams, Jullanar Zakiyyah, 140
Williams, Kier, 008
Williams, Sade, 140
Williams, Shawn Lamar, 098, 116
Williams, Tawanna, 023
Willis, Ajanae, 037
Willmott, Kevin, 189
Wilson, Michael K, 087
Wilson, Tiana U., 157
Winford, Brandon K., 030, 117
Winters, Andrew, 050
Wise Whitehead, Karsonya, 002, 061, 138, 174, 191
Wolde, Eden, 148
Wolf, Jacob, 104
Wolf, Lakeisha, 108
Wolfe, George C., 129
Wood, Augustus, 002, 006, 138, 182
Wooden, Isaiah, 105
Woodson, Craig D., 029, 052, 104, 115
Woodson Truth, Black White, 044
Woodson Walters, Ashley, 056, 120 Wormsley, Alisha, 155
Wright, Joshua K., 161
Wright, Kelechi Chinyere, 184
Young, Darius J., 018, 037
Young, Jarvis Aaron, 013
Young, Zoe Samar, 008
Youth Vote, Pa, 044
Yusef, Kideste Mariam, 083
Zamani-Gallaher, Eboni, 046
Zehyoue, Elijah, 099
Zelaya, Karla Vanessa, 135
Zhang, Jia, 059
Zinkle, Austin, 146
001. 7:00 am to 8:00 am
Leader:
SESSION SCHEDULE
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
7:00am
MeetingRiverboat- Exhibits Area Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn ZUMBA FOR ALL EARLY RISERS.
Cathryn Calhoun, Owner, Constantly Creating, LLC 9:30am
002. 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Participant:
Meeting Three Rivers- AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING AND LUNCH.
John Adams, ASALH Executive Council
Albert Thompson, American University
Norka Blackman-Richards, ASALH Executive Council
Lyman Brodie, University of Central Florida
Cornelius Bynum, Purdue University
Anthony J Cade, US Air National Guard History Office
Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, ASALH Executive Council and University of Illinois
Karen Cook-Bell, Bowie State University
Sylvia Y. Cyrus, ASALH Executive Director and Prince Georges County Truth Branch (MD)
W. Marvin Dulaney, ASALH President and ASALH Marvin Dulaney Branch (Dallas/Ft. Worth)
Natanya Duncan, City University of New York
Deirdre Foreman, Ramapo College of New Jersey and Executive Council
Jarvis Ray Givens, Harvard University
Aaisha N. Haykal, College of Charleston and ASALH Vice President for Programs
Valerie Ann Holt, ASALH Treasurer
James Morgan, III, Morgan State University
Aisha Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ida E. Jones, Morgan State University and ASALH Vice President for Membership
Lionel Kimble, ASALH Executive Council and Chicago State University
Walter J Lanier, ASALH Executive Council
Leslie Etienne, Indiana University - Indianapolis/Joseph Taylor Branch
Lopez Matthews, District of Columbia, Office of Public Records, ASALH Executive Council, ASALH Roland MCConnell Branch
Zebulon Miletsky, Stony Brook University
Denise Rolark Barnes, ASALH Executive Council & The Washington Informer
Daryl Michael Scott, Morgan State University
Kenvi Phillips, Barack Obama Presidential Library, NARA
Anita Moore Shepherd, ASALH Executive Council and ASALH James Weldon Johnson Branch
Tomiko Meeks, Howard University
Gladys Gary Vaughn, ASALH Executive Council
Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Loyola University Maryland
Augustus Wood, ASALH Executive Council and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 10:00am
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Leader:
Samuel W Black, Senator John Heinz History Center
004. 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Special Presentation
USPS KWANZAA STAMP 1ST DAY OF ISSUE CEREMONY. 6:00pm
Heinz History Center
005. 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Reception Heinz History Center OPENING RECEPTION.
Greetings:
Ronald Brooks Saunders, ASALH Dr. Edna B. McKenzie Branch (Pittsburgh)
Ed Gainey, Mayor of City of Pittsburgh
Samuel W Black, Senator John Heinz History Center
Emcee:
Sylvia Y. Cyrus, ASALH Executive Director and Prince Georges County Truth Branch (MD)
Welcome and Occasion:
W. Marvin Dulaney, ASALH President and ASALH Marvin Dulaney Branch (Dallas/Ft. Worth)
9:00pm
006. 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm Meeting Three Rivers- AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn ACADEMIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEETING.
Chairs:
Augustus Wood, ASALH Executive Council and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Daryl Michael Scott, Morgan State University
Participant:
Aaisha N. Haykal, College of Charleston and ASALH Vice President for Programs
Jessica D Klanderud, Berea College
James Morgan, III, Morgan State University
Albert Thompson, American University
Aisha Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology
Zebulon Miletsky, Stony Brook University
Natanya Duncan, City University of New York
Daleah Goodwin, Xavier University
Tomiko Meeks, Howard University
Evelyn Jackson, ASALH Member
Sylvia Y. Cyrus, ASALH Executive Director and Prince Georges County Truth Branch (MD)
Lionel Kimble, ASALH Executive Council and Chicago State University
Rebecca Louise Hankins, Texas A&M University
Christina Vortia, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
Deirdre Foreman, Ramapo College of New Jersey and Executive Council Thursday, September 26, 2024 7:00am
007. 7:00 am to 11:45 am TourOmni William Penn Hotel Oliver Street Entrance Omni William Penn
008. 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
MeetingSternwheeler- Exhibits Area Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
ACADEMIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE INFORMATION TABLE (APC) HELP DESK (THURSDAY).
Participant:
Latif Legend, Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge
Anthony Smooth, Morgan State University
Phillip Harris, Morgan State University
Nichole Nance, Morgan State University
alexis cathcart, Morgan State University
James Morgan, III, Morgan State University
Darlene Conley, Morgan State University
Leslee Grubbs-King, National Institute of Health
Zoe Samar Young, North Carolina Central University
Morgan White, North Carolina Central University
Logan Phillips, Northwestern University
Keisha Oliver, Penn State University
Tracey Lynne McPherson, Temple University
Evelyn Jackson, ASALH Member
keturah abdullah, University of Michigan, Marsal Family School of Education
Tanisha Smith, Morgan State University
Leia Danae Belt, University of California, Merced
Kier Williams, Morgan State University
Daniel Thomas, Morgan State University
Leader:
Lionel Kimble, ASALH Executive Council and Chicago State University 8:30am
009. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Chair:
Session
TRANSNATIONAL STRUGGLES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY.
Kijua Sanders-McMurtry, Mount Holyoke College
Participants:
AfriCOBRA: Still Bad/Relevant. A “TransAfrican” framework for addressing the epidemics of loneliness and friendlessness. Michael Gerard Mason, University of Virginia Building a Transatlantic Nation: Africobra’s Use of African Imagery as a Counter-Hegemonic Praxis. Anaelle Rosa Huguette Cama, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, The University of Massachusetts Amherst “A Studio of my Own”: Meta Warrick Fuller’s Parisian stay. Malaurie Pilatte, Johns Hopkins University
010. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Chair:
Paper Session Fox Chapel- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
NEW DIRECTIONS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Leslie Etienne, Indiana University - Indianapolis/Joseph Taylor Branch
Participants:
Seeing the Signs: An Analysis of Early Onset of Violence and Desistance amongst Serious Juvenile Offenders. Tailar Brown-Smith, University of Texas at Arlington
‘We get the spear from those that come before us’: The Invocation of Martin Delany in the Art of Contemporary Pittsburgh. Marques Redd, Rainbow Serpent
Paper
Churchill- 1st Floor Omni William Penn
011. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Lightning Round
WOODSON WORKS POP-UP TALKS 1.
Heinz - AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
Chair: Gregory Lamont Mixon, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Participants: Are Black Entrepreneurs Heroes? Marcus Anthony Allen, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Black Women Artists of The New Negro and Civil Rights Movements. Keisha Oliver, Penn State University Lightning Talk : Preserving Our Legacy: The Importance and Strategies for Recording Local Chapter History in Black Greek-Letter Organizations. Tiffeni Fontno, Vanderbilt University; Mark Neubauer, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Wake Up: School Daze The Musical-Exploring Black Radicalism and Respectability at HBCUs. Nathaniel Junious Whitaker, Morehouse College
012. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Paper Session Mt Lebanon- 1st Floor Omni William Penn
FORGOTTEN NARRATIVES FROM THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE.
Chair: Gladys Gary Vaughn, ASALH Executive Council
Participants:
Black Architects are Artists and Should be Part of the Harlem Renaissance. Daniel Acker, Independent Scholar Col Charles Young Who Was The First Successful Black Graduate of West Point Should Be Part of The Harlem Renaissance. Daniel Acker, Independent Scholar
Writing a New Harlem: The New Negro and a New Age Renaissance. Jaida Holley, N/A
013. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Paper Session Oakmont- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
WOMEN’S WAYS OF KNOWING.
Chair: Ella J Davis, Wayne County Community College District
Participants: Maria Stewart’s Prophetic Imagination: The Emergence of a Heterodox Black Prophetic Tradition. Jarvis Aaron Young, ASALH Member
Religion, Apartheid, The Power of Music, and The Marginalization Of Women Musicians. Joan Cartwright, ASALH South Florida Branch
Identity and Racial Segregation: A Study of Selected Poems of Audre Lorde. Adaoma Igwedibia, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Black Arts Movement: Women Writers Imaginings Toward Cultural Truth. Alonge O Clarkson, Temple University
014. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Chair: Tomiko Meeks, Howard University
Participants:
Paper Session Sewickley- 1st Floor Omni William Penn
BLACK RELIGION IN AMERICA.
The Contemporary Black Church: The New Dynamics of African American Religion. Jason E Shelton, University of Texas at Arlington, Center for African American Studies
“We Are Not Negroes” Women and the First Moslem Mosque Community of Pittsburgh 1930-1950. Lisette Abdiruhman, Morgan State University
015. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Panel Session Shadyside- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
ARCHIVAL ENCOUNTERS: RECOVERING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AT THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY.
Chair: John J Garcia, American Antiquarian Society
Participants:
The Color of Ink: Enriching African American Stories of the Civil War Era through Digitized Fugitivity. Wyatt Erchak, Carnegie Mellon University
Call and Response: Reflecting on Past, Present, and Future (Collection Development) in African American Print Culture in Chicago. Kellee Warren, University of Illinois at Chicago
Re-membering the Lives, Loves, and Labors of Rev. Greensbury Washington Offley. Sam Plasencia, Colby College
Radical Paternity: The Resistant Masculinity of African American Fatherhood from Anti-Slavery to Civil Rights. Thomas Blakeslee, Harvard University
016. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Leader:
Workshop Carnegie I- Conference Level Omni William Penn BEYOND FEBRUARY.
Dawnavyn James, The State University of New York at Buffalo
017. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Paper Session Carnegie II- Conference Level Omni William Penn
BRINGING ‘EM BACK TO LIFE: UNCOVERING THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY BLACK HISTORICAL FIGURES.
Chair:
Adam Xavier McNeil, Rutgers University
Participants:
Diasporic Blackness in the Life Writing of Afro-Germans. Reginald A. Bess, College Language Association
North Star in a Black Night: Re-Envisionist Narratives of Enslaved Futurity. candace moore, Michigan State University
Unveiling the Untold Stories: Exploring the Lived Experience of Black Musicians in 19th Century Philadelphia. Tyler Diaz, 1838 Black Metropolis; Morgan T Lloyd, 1838 Black Metropolis
MORE WORK THAN GLORY: Exploring the Black Military (Buffalo Soldier) Experience, 1866-1916. John Phillip Langellier, Independent Scholar
018. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Paper SessionCarnegie III - Film Festival AV Conference Level Omni William Penn
AGENCY AND EXPRESSION IN LITERATURE AND ARTS.
Chair:
Darius J. Young, Florida A&M University
Participant:
Making Transnational Black Families: Conversations about the Black Family and Germany in Ebony Magazine, 1945-1953. Deborah Anna Brown, Riverside City College
019. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Panel Session Oliver- AV Conference Level Omni William Penn
EXPLORING BLACK EMPOWERMENT THROUGH ARTS INSTITUTIONS: MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS, AND PERFORMANCE.
Chair:
Tanisha M. Jackson, Syracuse University
Participants:
Unveiling Empowerment: The Community Folk Art Center and the Intersection of African Diaspora Arts and Black Studies. Tanisha M. Jackson, Syracuse University
Building Black Arts and Cultural Spaces: From Archiving to Institution. Glynis Johns, Black Scranton Project Afrofuturist Perspectives on Black Empowerment: Reimagining History and Contemporary Life through Playwriting. Juhanna Rogers, CenterState CEO
020. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Participant:
Media Session Vandergrift AV- Conference Level Omni William Penn
ART, IDENTITY AND RESISTANCE--PURDUE BLACK CULTURAL CENTER IN CUBA.
James Dekle, Purdue University Black Cultural Center
Leah La’Nay Patterson, Purdue University
Barakah Abdo-baari, Purdue University
Commentator: William Caise, Purdue University Black Cultural Center
021. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Chair:
Roundtable Anchor - AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS OF ASALH (IP OF ASALH) PROGRAM AND MEETING.
Lopez Matthews, District of Columbia, Office of Public Records, ASALH Executive Council, ASALH Roland MCConnell Branch
Presenters:
Aaisha N. Haykal, College of Charleston and ASALH Vice President for Programs
Aisha Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology
022. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Chairs:
Panel Session
Oliver- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
BLACK WOMEN FILMMAKERS: STORIES TO TELL.
M Marie Maxwell, Truxton Circle History Project
Elizabeth Johnson, Tennessee State University
Participants:
Reel Remarkable: Women Filmmakers Who Influenced Cinema. Jillian Glantz, Texas A&M University
Eloyce Gist and the Hell Bound Train” Self Taught Silent Filmmaker. M Marie Maxwell, Truxton Circle History Project
Kasi Lemmons – The Teller of Hidden Black Stories. Elizabeth Johnson, Tennessee State University
Commentator:
Donald Culverson, Governors State University
023. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
RoundtableWilliam Penn Ballroom- Plenary Sessions Meal Functions Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
WHY A GRADUATE DEGREE IN BLACK STUDIES IS IMPORTANT AND THE WAYS IT CAN BE USED TO ENHANCE PEOPLE’S LIFE CHANCES.
Chair: Isaac Hulbert, Ohio State University
Presenters:
Logan Favor, Ohio State University
Tawanna Williams, Ohio State University
Charity Martin-King, Ohio State University
Christian Contreras, Ohio State University
024. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Paper SessionChemistry Communications Room- 2nd Floor Board Room Set Embassy Suites
MUSICAL INTERSECTIONS OF RACE.
Chair: Albert Thompson, American University
Participants:
The Cost of Freedom is Death: Black Opera, Malcolm X, and Vocal Love Politics. Allison Michele Lewis, University of Kansas
025. 8:30 am to 9:40 am Workshop Three Rivers- AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
BLACK TEACHING AS ART THROUGH PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE REFLECTIONS.
Chair: Rasheda Likely, Kennesaw State University
Participant:
Black Teaching as Art through Reflections of the Past, Present-Day Expression, and Envisioning Futures. Rasheda Likely, Kennesaw State University
10:00am
026. 10:00 am to 11:40 am Roundtable Churchill- 1st Floor Omni William Penn
BLACK DISABILITY STUDIES: ORIGINS, OBJECTS, ORIENTATIONS.
Chair: Kelsey Henry, Princeton University
Presenters:
Grover Jasper Conner, Carter G. Woodson Institute
Micah Khater, University of California at Berkeley
027. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Roundtable Fox Chapel- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
“SPEAK THE TRUTH TO THE PEOPLE” ART AND CULTURAL HISTORY IN INDIANAPOLIS.
Chair: Leslie Etienne, Indiana University - Indianapolis/Joseph Taylor Branch
Presenters:
Kisha Tandy, Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
Nichelle M. Hayes, ASALH Joseph Taylor Branch, Indianapolis
Susan Hall Dotson, Indiana Historical Society
028. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Lightning Round Heinz - AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
WOODSON WORKS POP-UP TALKS 2.
Chair: Gregory Lamont Mixon, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Participants:
More Than A Story: Folklore, Narrative, and Oral History as Black Preservation. Morgan White, North Carolina Central University Playwright August Wilson’s Vision of the American Black Family. Kenneth Hawkins, ASALH Tampa Bay Branch
Progressive Harmonies: “The Interplay of Jazz and The Civil Rights Movement.” Hunter Miles Davis, National Park Service; Santrell Perdue, National Park Service
Securing Futures: The Role of Legacy Planning in Sustaining Black Entrepreneurship and Political Economy. Rumbidzai Mufuka, I Am Willing™
Standing Up for Our Rights: The Use of Black Art Literacies and Histories to Challenge Anti-Black Racism in U.S. K-12 Schools. Michelle Grace-Williams, Northern Michigan University
029. 10:00 am to 11:40 am Workshop Mt Lebanon- 1st Floor Omni William Penn
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP: MAKE A SIMPLE VERSION OF THE GHANAIAN TALKING DRUM, THE DONDO.
Leader:
Craig D. Woodson, Ethnomusic, Inc. and Drums of Humanity
030. 10:00 am to 11:40 am Panel Session Oakmont- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
BLACK BANKING AND WHITE SUPREMACY: DEBATING AFRICAN AMERICAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS’ RELATIONSHIPS WITH RACIAL HIERARCHY.
Chair: Timothy Todd, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Participants:
Rich Fools: John D. Rockefeller Jr. and the Dunbar National Bank of Harlem. Shennette Garrett-Scott, Tulane University
A Bank for the People: The People’s Savings Bank and Community Building in Philadelphia, 1907–1917. Everett Hardy, Oberlin College
Banking against the Citizens’ Councils: the NAACP, the Tri-State Bank, and Drought Relief in Mid-1950s Mississippi. William Robert Billups, University of Florida
Commentator: Brandon K. Winford, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
031. 10:00 am to 11:40 am Paper Session Sewickley- 1st Floor Omni William Penn
EXPLORING DIGITAL FRONTIERS IN RESEARCH AND CREATIVITY.
Chair:
Samuel Livingston, Morehouse College
Participants:
Navigating the Intersections: African American Art History in the Digital Age. Brittany Myburgh, Jackson State University; Mary Soylu, Alabama State University
The Creative Dissertation: Podcasting as Qualitative Inquiry. Anne Marie Edwards, Purdue University
032. 10:00 am to 11:40 am Roundtable Shadyside- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
GIVING VOICE: AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WITHIN THE CLASSICAL SPACES OF OPERA, ORCHESTRAS, AND BALLET.
Chair: Ashly Horace, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Presenters:
Tamika Sakayi Sterrs-Howard, University of South Carolina Columbia
Wanda Ebright, College of the Arts - Columbus State University, Dean, College of the Arts
Shani Dessie Inell Diouf, Professor
Phyllis Lewis-Hale, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Opera Workshop - Jackson State University
Participant:
Dr. Jolie Rocke (DMA), Instructor of Voice - Prairie View A&M University | Distinguished Marian Anderson scholar
033. 10:00 am to 11:40 am Paper Session Carnegie I- Conference Level Omni William Penn EQUITY AND EMPOWERMENT IN BLACK EDUCATION.
Chair:
Charisse Burden-Stelly, Wayne State University
Participants:
Preparing for Desegregation of Schools: Examination of Black Educators’ Experiences at HBCU Teacher Education Programs. Leta Hooper, Bowie State University Sins of Omission or Commission: NAACP Fight to Ban Racist Textbooks In New York City. David Alvin Canton, University of Florida
034. 10:00 am to 11:40 am Workshop Carnegie II- Conference Level Omni William Penn GENTLEMEN RESPECTING AND INTERACTING IN TRUTH (G.R.I.T) HEALTHY BLACK MASCULINITY.
Leader:
Corey Ingram, University of Georgia
035. 10:00 am to 11:50 am ASALH Film FestivalCarnegie III - Film Festival AV Conference Level Omni William Penn
THE KKK BOUTIQUE AIN’T JUST REDNECKS.
Commentator:
Camille Billops, Filmmaker
036. 10:00 am to 11:40 am Workshop Grant- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites FROM RESEARCH TO RECOGNITION: STRATEGIES FOR CULTIVATING PUBLIC VISIBILITY AS AN ACADEMIC.
Presenter:
Donna J. Nicol, Africana Studies, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Leader:
Nanda Dyssou, N/A
037. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Chair:
Paper Session Oliver- AV Conference Level Omni William Penn
STRATEGIES FOR HEALING AND JOY THROUGH BLACK ARTS AND MOVEMENT.
Darius J. Young, Florida A&M University
Participants:
Black Art: The Expression of Joy, Power, Love and Life through the Ages. Scott Terry, Mahogany Black Arts and Cultural Center, Inc.
The Floods of Art: Black Geographies and the Healing Arts as Resistance in the Aftermaths of Disaster. Ajanae Willis, University of Houston
Moving in the Underground: The Politics of Black Joy in Roller-Skating and Funk Music in Chicago. John J West, Graduate Student
038. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Chair:
Panel Session Vandergrift AV- Conference Level Omni William Penn
LIBERATORY EXPERIMENTS: ART AS BLACK FEMINIST PRAXIS.
Kimberly Blockett, University of Delaware
Participants:
“Dear Sister”: Black Women and the Art of Friendship in Revolution-Era New England. Jaimie D Crumley, University of Utah “Designs of Her Own”: Black Women and Artistic Expression in the Nineteenth-Century Prison. Marissa A Jenrich, California State University, Northridge
Race Women’s Aesthetics as Liberatory Presentism: Literary and Photographic Experiments in the Black Clubwomen’s Movement Newspaper. Brandi Locke, University of Delaware
Black Art Internationalism: Shopping and Activism at The Afro-Arts Bazaar. Angela Tate, Northwestern University
Presenters:
Jaimie D Crumley, University of Utah
Marissa A Jenrich, California State University, Northridge
Brandi Locke, University of Delaware
Angela Tate, Northwestern University
039. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Roundtable Anchor - AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn SONGS OF THE SOUL: WOMEN’S SPACES IN BLACK MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP.
Chair:
Michelle R. Scott, University of Maryland—Baltimore County
Presenters:
Michelle R. Scott, University of Maryland—Baltimore County
K.T. Ewing, University of Alabama
Ambre Dromgoole, Cornell University
040. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Chair:
Roundtable Oliver- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
ADVANCING THE FIELD: CAMBRIDGE STUDIES ON BLACK WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES.
Alison Marie Parker, University of Delaware
Presenters:
Karen Cook-Bell, Bowie State University
Felicia Thomas, Morgan State University
Crystal Lynn Webster, University of Texas at San Antonio
Ashley Robertson Preston, Howard University
Crystal R. Sanders, Emory University
Kelly Houston Jones, Arkansas Tech University
Hettie V Williams, University of Massachusetts, Boston
041. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Paper SessionChemistry Communications Room- 2nd Floor Board Room Set Embassy Suites
ARTISTIC ACTIVISM AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT: NARRATIVES OF RESILIENCE.
Participants:
Decoding Systemic Racism in the Artifact ‘Slaves Build Capital and White House’ at the National Archives Museum. Jaladhi Mehta, Georgetown University
Solos Make a Difference in a Choir: Examining Black Female Educators experiences after desegregation. Univeristy of Georgia
The Stagville Memorial Project: Using Public Art to Uplift the Humanity of Enslaved Communities in Durham, NC. Hines, The Stagville Memorial Project
Art and the Archive of Black Life in 20th Century Pittsburgh. Cassondra Hanna, Harvard University
042. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Chair:
Roundtable Three Rivers- AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
THE STRUGGLE FOR EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE IN THE PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Anthony Mitchell, Equity Advisory Panel/Pennsylvania State University
Presenters:
Wanda Henderson, ADVOCATE Complainant/ Chair, Equity Advisory Panel
James B. Stewart, Equity Advisory Panel
Tamanika Howze, ADVOCATE/Equity Advisory Panel
Regina Holley, ADVOCATE/Equity Advisory Panel
Will Thompkins, Equity Advisory Panel
Kymberly Cruz, Pittsburgh Public Schools, Office of Equity, Executive Director 12:00pm
043. 12:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Panel Session Anchor - AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
HARMONIES OF RESISTANCE: INFLUENCE OF BLACK MUSIC AND ART IN RACIAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND RESISTANCE AMONG YOUNG ACTIVISTS.
Chair:
K.T. Ewing, University of Alabama
Participants:
Rhythms of Resistance: The Role of Black Music in Student Protests in Jonesboro, Arkansas. University
We Don’t Need a Seat at Your Table: The Origins of Black Emphasis Week. Maurice D. Gipson, University of Missouri
Children Call Your Mothers. K.T. Ewing, University of Alabama
044. 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm
EXHIBITOR:
Blackworldschoolers Mobile Bookstore
ExhibitorRiverboat- Exhibits Area Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
THURSDAY RIVERBOAT EXHIBITS.
Council on Library & Information Resources
Columbia University Press
Black White Woodson Truth
University of Arkansas Press
Vanderbilt University Press
University of Illinois Press
University Press of Florida, University Press of Florida
University of Georgia Press
University Press of Mississippi
University of Virginia Press
University of South Carolina Press
ASALH Media Table
Pa Youth Vote
APC Helpdesk
Advanced Meetings Solutions
Grouper , University of Mass Press
CMR Ignite
Myers Education Press
045. 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm
ExhibitorSternwheeler- Exhibits Area Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
THURSDAY STERNWHEELER EXHIBITS.
EXHIBITOR:
The Foundation International Heritage International Fashions
Bia- Maranatha, Mia Maranatha
Something For Everybody, Something For Everybody
Zawadi Books, Zawadi Books
David L. Head Foundation, David L. Head Foundation University of North Carolina Press
Egyptian Harvest Rejuvenation Cream Black History 365, BH365, LLC
The University of Chicago Press Aziz Fashions, Aziz Fashions
Zee Crafts
University of Pennsylvania Press
YBI African Apparel, YBI African Apparel
The Scholar’s Choice, The Scholar’s Choice University of Pittsburgh Press
NPS/ African American Civil Rights Network
046. 12:00 pm to 1:45 pm
LuncheonWilliam Penn Ballroom- Plenary Sessions Meal Functions Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
EMERGING FRONTIERS IN PITTSBURGH’S HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON.
Moderator:
R. Drew Smith, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Guest Speaker:
Asa Lee, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Eboni Zamani-Gallaher, University of Pittsburgh, Dean
Quintin A. Bullock, Community College of Allegheny County
Kathy Humphrey, President, Carlow University
Greetings:
Wayne Walters, Superintendent, Pittsburgh Public Schools
Chris Moore, CEO,Chris Moore Communications, Inc.
Emcee:
Sylvia Y. Cyrus, ASALH Executive Director and Prince Georges County Truth Branch (MD)
047. 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Exhibitor Oliver Ballroom Pre-Function Area Exhibits 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
THURSDAY OLIVER BALLROOM PRE-FUNCTION AREA EXHIBITS.
EXHIBITOR:
Cathy’s Global, Cathy’s Global, Inc. ASALH Store Table
048. 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
2:00pm
ASALH Film FestivalCarnegie III - Film Festival AV Conference Level Omni William Penn
FINDING CHRISTA.
Commentator: Camille Billops, Filmmaker
049. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
2:05pm
Roundtable Churchill- 1st Floor Omni William Penn HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLE: ZEBULON MILETSKY’S BEFORE BUSING.
Chair: Stefan Bradley, Amherst College
Presenters:
Patrick Jones, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Kathryn Silva Hyde, Orangeburg, SC
Zebulon Miletsky, Stony Brook University
050. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Roundtable Fox Chapel- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn DEMYSTIFYING PUBLISHING, FROM SUBMISSION TO PROMOTION.
Chair: Brian Halley, University of Massachusetts Press
Presenters:
William Masami Hammell, University of Pittsburgh Press
Andrew Winters, University of North Carolina Press
Lesley Rains, University of Pittsburgh Press
051. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Roundtable
Heinz - AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites NON-VIOLENCE AS A STRATEGY AND IDEOLOGY IN AN AGE OF A VIOLENT RADICAL RIGHT.
Chair: Francoise N. Hamlin, Brown University
Presenters:
Charles McKinney, Jr., Rhodes College
Anthony C Siracusa, St John Fisher University
052. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Paper Session Mt Lebanon- 1st Floor Omni William Penn SEWING, STITCHING, MATERIAL PATTERNS: THE CREATIVENESS OF OUR AFRICAN TRADITIONS.
Chair: Elizabeth Johnson, Tennessee State University
Participants: Stitching For Memory and Justice. Michelle Flamer, ASALH Philadelphia Heritage Branch
American African Drumming: Origins to the Present – A Book in Process. Craig D. Woodson, Ethnomusic, Inc. and Drums of Humanity
Time, Space and Place in August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and Radio Golf. Sandra Adell, University of WisconsinMadison THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
053. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Roundtable Oakmont- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
FIFTY YEARS OF BLACK HISTORY: CELEBRATING THE SCHOLARSHIP OF DR. DENNIS C. DICKERSON.
Chair:
Christina Marie Dickerson, Quinnipiac University
Presenters:
Joe W. Trotter, Carnegie Mellon University
Anthony C Siracusa, St John Fisher University
Ansley Lillian Quiros, University of North Alabama
Kayleigh C Whitman, Sewanee University of the South
Larry O. Rivers, University of West Georgia
AnneMarie Mingo, Penn State
Commentator:
Kenneth M Hamilton, Southern Methodist University
054. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Chair:
Panel Session Sewickley- 1st Floor Omni William Penn
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND LIBERIA.
Daryl Michael Scott, Morgan State University
Participants:
The Reverend Alexander Crummell, Congo Recaptives and Episcopal Missions in 19th Century Liberia. Yolanda Covington-Ward, University of Massachusetts Amherst Gwogro the Bandit and Pipe-smoking Matilda: The Scholarly Aftermath of Two 1822 Battles for Cape Mesurado (Liberia). Patrick Burrowes, Independent Scholar
“African Americans, Liberia, and the Destruction of the Slave Trade on West Africa’s Windward Coast.” Herbert Brewer, Morgan State University
055. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Chair:
Panel Session Shadyside- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
HONORING HENRY OSSAWA TANNER.
Pamela Mays McDonald, ASALH Philadelphia Branch, Arts advocate/Arts activist/Art Historian, Mother Bethel AME Church Historical Society
Participants:
Henry Ossawa Tanner and Family. Pamela Mays McDonald, ASALH Philadelphia Branch, Arts advocate/Arts activist/Art Historian, Mother Bethel AME Church Historical Society
The Tanner House Project. Christopher R. Rogers, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund. Lawana Holland- Moore, National Trust for Historic Preservation
056. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm Workshop Carnegie I- Conference Level Omni William Penn
BLACK ECONOMIC EDUCATION AGAINST “BLACK LIBERATORY CONSUMPTION.”
Presenters:
Terrell Morton, University of Illinois at Chicago
Caleb Sewell, University of Pittsburgh
Shakealia Finley, North Carolina State University
Leader:
Ashley Woodson Walters, Black epiSTEMologies Project
057. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Chair:
Paper Session Carnegie II- Conference Level Omni William Penn
RESISTANCE IN BLACK LGBTQ COMMUNITIES.
Peter Blackmer, Eastern Michigan University
Participants:
The Vital Role of Art in the Black Queer Community. Renia Butts, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
058. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Chair:
Panel Session Grant- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
BLACK AESTHETICS IN TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: MUSIC, FASHION, POLITICS.
Malathi Iyengar, College of San Mateo
Participants:
Jairo Varela, Grupo Niche, and African Oral Traditions. Luisa Marcela Ossa, La Salle University
Sapeurs and Afropolitans. Brenda N. Sanya, Colgate University
Diasporic Dandy: African American intellectuals, Indian anticolonialism, and the politics of fashion. Malathi Iyengar, College of San Mateo
Commentator:
Durell Callier, University of Delaware
059. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Chair:
Panel Session Oliver- AV Conference Level Omni William Penn
THE BORDERS OF THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT.
Nadia Alahmed, Dickinson College
Participants:
The Movement of Black Form and Formlessness. Margo Crawford, University of Pennsylvania Handsworth Revolution: The Aesthetic Politics of the Provincial in the Black Arts Movement in the U.S. and the U.K. James Smethurst, University of Massachusetts Amherst
“From ‘F*gg*ty White Men’ to ‘Ending Up Funny’: Queering the Drama of the Black Arts Movement.” Paul Michael Thomson, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, The University of Massachusetts Amherst “Firespitter” and “Matriarchal Socialist”: An Afro Asian Radical Encounter with Jayne Cortez and Fred Ho. Jia Zhang, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Presenter:
James Smethurst, University of Massachusetts Amherst
060. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Chair:
Roundtable Vandergrift AV- Conference Level Omni William Penn
RETHINKING ARTISTRY: COMPOSITION, PERFORMANCE, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING.
Daleah Goodwin, Xavier University
Presenters:
Daleah Goodwin, Xavier University
Christina Davis, Africana Studies
Sheena Hayes, Auburn University
K.T. Ewing, University of Alabama
061. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Chair:
Presenters:
Roundtable Anchor - AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
KEY WRITERS, ACTIVISTS AND POETS OF THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT.
Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Loyola University Maryland
Joseph Flynn, Northern Illinois University
Sarah Militz-Frielink, Northern Illinois University
062. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Presenters:
Paul Ellis, August Wilson House
Denise Turner
Ervin Dyer, August Wilson House
Moderator:
Presidential Session Oliver- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites THE MAKING OF THE AUGUST WILSON HOUSE.
Demeatria Boccella, Demeatria Boccella Productions
Kimberly Ellis, University of Pittsburgh
Commentator:
W. Marvin Dulaney, ASALH President and ASALH Marvin Dulaney Branch (Dallas/Ft. Worth)
063. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
WorkshopChemistry Communications Room- 2nd Floor Board Room Set Embassy Suites
USING POETRY TO ILLUMINATE THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN ENSLAVEMENT: FOSTERING CONVERSATIONS AND UNDERSTANDING.
Leader:
Brian Sankarsingh, N/A
064. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Chair:
Presenters:
Presidential SessionThree Rivers- AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn ASALH FREEDOM SCHOOL INITIATIVE.
Leslie Etienne, Indiana University - Indianapolis/Joseph Taylor Branch
Hazel D Gillis, ASALH James Weldon Johnson Branch of Jacksonville, FL
David G. Wilkins, ASALH Manasota Branch, Vice-President
Terrance Thomas, Bethel A.M.E. Church
Charles Hearns
Participant:
Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, ASALH Executive Council and University of Illinois
Commentator:
W. Marvin Dulaney, ASALH President and ASALH Marvin Dulaney Branch (Dallas/Ft. Worth) 3:50pm
065. 3:50 pm to 5:00 pm
ASALH Film FestivalCarnegie III - Film Festival AV Conference Level Omni William Penn
Commentator:
Camille Billops, Filmmaker THURSDAY,
A STRING OF PEARLS.
4:00pm
066. 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Plenary SessionWilliam Penn Ballroom- Plenary Sessions Meal Functions Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
PLACE, POLITICS, AND THE FUTURE OF BLACK PITTSBURGH HISTORY.
Chair:
Melissa Ford, Slippery Rock University
Presenters:
Joe W. Trotter, Carnegie Mellon University
Adam Lee Cilli, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
Jessica D Klanderud, Berea College
Aaron Cowan, Slippery Rock University
067. 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
6:00pm
Authors Book SigningOliver Ballroom Pre-Function Area-2nd Floor Reception Embassy Suites
AUTHORS BOOK SIGNING.
Participants:
Start A Riot! Civil Unrest in Black Arts Movement Drama, Fiction, and Poetry. Casarae Abdul-Ghani Freedom’s Currency: Slavery, Capitalism, and Self-Purchase in the United States. Julia Bernier
COMBEE: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River, Raid and Black Freedom during the Civil War. Edda L. Fields-Black Organizing Your Own: The White Fight for Black Power in Detroit. Say Burgin Liberia & the Quest For Freedom. Patrick Burrowes
Reparations and Reparatory Justice: Past, Present, and Future. Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua Dance on the Historically Black College Campus: The Familiar and the Foreign. Wanda Ebright Inspired to Climb Higher: The Challenges, Questions, Struggles, and Joys of Earning Your Doctoral Degree. Wanda Ebright Black Feminist Writing: A Practical Guide to Publishing Academic Books. Stephanie Y. Evans Bringing The Light Into A New Day: African-centered Rites of Passage (25th Anniversary Edition). Lathardus Goggins Life Lessons: Advice for a Kid Like Me Invested in Me. Gabriel Hamilton
The Grandfather of Black Basketball, The Life and Times of Dr. E.B. Henderson. Edwin Bancroft Henderson
We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance. Kellie Carter Jackson
No Future in This Country: The Prophetic Pessimism of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner. Andre E. Johnson
The Speeches of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner: The Press, the Platform and the Pulpit. Andre E. Johnson
The Summer of 2020: George Floyd and the Resurgence of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Andre E. Johnson
Puzzles of Color. Marcelle Jones
A Proud History for Alex. Kim Lee
Black Communities of Fairfax: A History Non-Fiction. Jenee Lindner
From Rights to Lives: The Evolution of Black Freedom Struggles. Charles McKinney, Jr.
Continually Working: Black Women, Community Intellectualism, and Economic Justice in Postwar Milwaukee. Crystal M. Moten
Our Wishes and Our Wealth: A Guide to Celebrating Life, Love, and Legacy. Rumbidzai Mufuka
Black Women on Board, Claudia Hampton, the California State University, and Fight to Save Affirmative Action. Donna J. Nicol
When the Trees Finally Testify. Bonita Lee Penn Leaving Large: The Stories of a Food Addict. Michelle Petties
Blackwildgirl: A Writer’s Journey to Take Back Her Superpower. Menah Pratt
James Hudson: Forgotten Forerunner in the Crusade for Civil Rights. Larry O. Rivers
A Forgotten Migration: Black Southerners, Segregation Scholarships, and the Debt Owed to Public HBCUs. Crystal R. Sanders Enslaved, A Chronicle of Resistance. Brian Sankarsingh, N/A
T.O.B.A Time: Black Vaudeville and the Theater Owners’ Booking Association in Jazz Age America. Michelle R. Scott
The Contemporary Black Church: The New Dynamics of African American Religion. Jason E Shelton Francis Lewis Cardozo An Unsung Hero of Reconstruction. Pamela Reese Smith
Healing of the Soul Ministries (with Healing for the Soul for African Africans). Rosalind “Roz” Caldwell Stanley Higher Fight, Refocusing Black/Africana Studies for the 21st Century. James B. Stewart
Mothers and Leadership: Twelve Principles for Success. Reginald Vance
A Balm in Gilead: Eulogies of Comfort. Randall C. Webber
068. 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
6:30pm
ReceptionGrant Ballroom Pre-Function Area 2nd Floor Embassy Suites JOURNAL OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY RECEPTION.
Participant: Bertis D English, Alabama State University
Greetings:
Elon Dancy, Executive Director, Center for Urban Education, University of Pittsburgh
Emcee:
Sylvia Y. Cyrus, ASALH Executive Director and Prince Georges County Truth Branch (MD)
Welcome and Occasion: W. Marvin Dulaney, ASALH President and ASALH Marvin Dulaney Branch (Dallas/Ft. Worth)
8:45pm
069. 8:45 pm to 10:00 pm
ASALH Film FestivalCarnegie III - Film Festival AV Conference Level Omni William Penn CAMILLE BILLOPS SHORTS FESTIVAL.
Commentator: Camille Billops, Filmmaker
070. 8:00 am to 6:30 pm
071. 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Friday, September 27, 2024
8:00am
ExhibitorRiverboat- Exhibits Area Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn FRIDAY RIVERBOAT EXHIBITS.
MeetingSternwheeler- Exhibits Area Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
ACADEMIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE INFORMATION TABLE (APC) HELP DESK (FRIDAY).
Leader: Lionel Kimble, ASALH Executive Council and Chicago State University
072. 8:00 am to 6:30 pm
ExhibitorSternwheeler- Exhibits Area Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
FRIDAY STERNWHEELER EXHIBITS.
073. 8:00 am to 6:30 pm
Exhibitor Oliver Ballroom Pre-Function Area Exhibits 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
FRIDAY OLIVER BALLROOM PRE-FUNCTION AREA EXHIBITS.
8:30am
074. 8:30 am to 9:40 am Paper Session Churchill- 1st Floor Omni William Penn BLACK POWER IN THE PERFORMATIVE ARTS.
Chair: Jason Shelton, University of Texas at Arlington, Center for African American Studies
Participants:
Beyond the Laughter: Unpacking Race, Class, and Social Dynamics in Black Sitcoms. Johari Diata Osei, Arizona State University “An American Journey”: Inquests as Theater in Public Memories of Police Violence. Will Tchakirides, HBCU Radio Preservation Project FRIDAY,
075. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Paper Session
Fox Chapel- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
RACIAL POLITICS AND THE LAW.
Chair: Delaina Price, The University of Texas at Arlington
Participants:
No Taxation Without Representation: The NAACP and the Selective Service. Brian C Davis, Florida State University
Trump’s Big Lie And The Fate Of Us Presidential Elections: Implications For Us Immigration, Afrikans, Liberal Democracy And Politics. Chinedu Agbo, Temple University
Black Love and the Law: Breach of Promise and Black Women’s Legal Agency, 1895-1984. Christel N Temple, University of Pittsburgh -- Africana Studies
Black History as Political Battleground: School Repression and Church Responsiveness in Southern States. R. Drew Smith, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
076. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Panel Session
Heinz - AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
BLACK ARTS FUTURES AND AI: THEORY MEETS PRACTICE.
Chair: Tiffany E. Barber, UCLA
Participants:
The Astro Egalitarian Virtual Network (AEVN): Crafting a Pluriverse of Possibilities. Lonny Avi Brooks, California State University East Bay
Toward a Black Vernacular AI. Philip Butler, Iliff School of Theology
Afrofuturism Dream Tank in VR and Applied Afrofuturism. LaWana Richmond, Firyali Visions
Presenters:
Lonny Avi Brooks, California State University East Bay
Philip Butler, Iliff School of Theology
LaWana Richmond, Firyali Visions
Commentator:
Reynaldo Anderson, Temple University
077. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Paper Session Mt Lebanon- 1st Floor Omni William Penn
CONTEMPORARY STRUGGLES IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.
Chair: Ella J Davis, Wayne County Community College District
Participants: Pittsburgh’s Vanishing Black Neighborhoods. Daniel Holland, Independent Scholar The Socioemotional Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on African American School Leaders. Rabin Nickens, Independent Consultant/Ethnographer
079. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Paper Session Sewickley- 1st Floor Omni William Penn COUNTRY, HIP HOP AND PUNK: CULTURAL RESISTANCE TO BLACK OPPRESSION.
Chair: Deborah Anna Brown, Riverside City College
Participants:
Black Punk as Freedom Praxis. Brian Stephens, Ohio University “You Look Like Them, But You Sound Like Us”: An Exploration of Blackness in Country Music. Natasha Popowich, California State University Fullerton Composing Mallet Percussion Arrangements of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony’s Songs to Teach Black Boys Mallet Percussion. Michelee Theresa Jones, Indiana University 50 Years of Rap/Hip Hop and Black Popular Culture: “21st Century Sarah Baartman. Felecia Harris, University of North CarolinaCharlotte
080. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Workshop Shadyside- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
EXAMINING ANTI-BLACKNESS:THE HISTORY OF WHITE PSYCHOPATHOLOGY AND LEGALIZED SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN AMERICA.
Presenters:
Marcel Walker
Jaontra Henderson, Blackademics
Leader:
Dante D King, Author - The 400-Year Holocaust
081. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Chair:
Paper Session Carnegie II- Conference Level Omni William Penn BOOKS, FICTION, AND NEWSPAPERS.
Kijua Sanders-McMurtry, Mount Holyoke College
Participants:
Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow!: Banned Books in the U.S.A.: Diverse Children’s Picture Books by Persons of African Descent, Intersectionality, and the Struggle for Inclusion. Amina Humphrey, Assistant Professor
“Sharpening Democratic Practice: Carter G. Woodson and the Negro World newspaper”. Rhone Fraser, Penn State University
Fearful Symmetry: Turning Turner’s Insurrection into Art. Margaret Bristow, Hampton Roads
082. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Moderator:
Simone Drake, Ohio State University
083. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Media Session Grant- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites SHUTDOWN.
Roundtable Oliver- AV Conference Level Omni William Penn
UNPACKING HBCU STUDENTS’ FEAR WHEN ENCOUNTERING POLICE: EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS FROM ACROSS THE US.
Chair:
Kideste Mariam Yusef, Bethune-Cookman University
Presenters:
Kemba Smith-Pradia, 400 Years of African American History Commission
Lewis Rogers, Petersburg National Battlefield
Ryan Tillman, 400 Years of African American History Commission
084. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Chair:
Roundtable Vandergrift AV- Conference Level Omni William Penn CAREERS IN CULTURAL HERITAGE.
Lopez Matthews, District of Columbia, Office of Public Records, ASALH Executive Council, ASALH Roland MCConnell Branch
Presenter:
Kenvi Phillips, Barack Obama Presidential Library, NARA
085. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Panel Session
Anchor - AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
ART AS PLACE, SPACE, AND MEMORY: VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS AS THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL EXPRESSION, MEMORY MAKING, AND RESILIENCE IN THE AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN DIASPORA.
Chair:
Valerie Lyles Patterson, Florida International University
Participants:
Using Fiber and Textile Art to Document Shared Experiences and Meaning-Making in the Lives of Bahamian Women Immigrants and their Daughters. Valerie Lyles Patterson, Florida International University
Dark on the Fringe: Examining Black Female Masculinity as an expression of Black Feminism Abstract:. Joy Brunson, Florida International University
Presenters:
Stephanie Croney, Florida International University
Tiffany N. Cody, Florida International University
086. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Chair:
Panel Session
Oliver- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
SLAVERY AND WAR(FARE) IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY BLACK ATLANTIC WORLD.
Paul Barba, Bucknell University
Participants:
Enslaved Women’s Labor and Movement Behind British Imperial Lines, 1776-1783. Adam Xavier McNeil, Rutgers University
Freedom from Violence: Black Resistance to Patriot Terror in the American Revolution. Sean Gallagher, Colorado Mesa University
“Negro, Feroz y Valiente”: Black Mexican Revolutionaries who Anchored Freedom for Black Americans in 19th Century Mexico. María Esther Hammack, Ohio State University
Oathbound: Warfare and Maroon Sovereignty in the Atlantic Age of Revolutions. Bradley Craig, Boston University
Presenter:
Adam Xavier McNeil, Rutgers University
Commentator:
Paul Barba, Bucknell University
087. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Paper SessionChemistry Communications Room- 2nd Floor Board Room Set Embassy Suites
CULTURAL EXPRESSION AND HISTORICAL NARRATIVES: RECLAIMING BLACK HERITAGE.
Chair:
Glynis Johns, Black Scranton Project
Participants:
A Love Supreme: Black Cultural Expression and Political Activism of the 1960s and 1970s. Jessica Lynn Terry-Elliott, Syracuse University
The Afro Museum. Layli Jeanette Tahirih Brown Stangeland, University of New Mexico
Preserving Our Ancestors Burial Spaces - The Art of Developing Life Stories. Debra Taylor Gonzalez-Garcia, Friends of Geer Cemetery and African American Cemetery Coalition
Experiments in Crafting Freedom. Aleia Brown, East Carolina University
Navigating the Danish Colonial Past and U.S. Imperial Present through Art in the Virgin Islands. Michael K Wilson, African American Museum in Philadelphia/ Lincoln University
088. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Chair:
Paper Session Three Rivers- AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
VISIONS OF LIBERATION IN AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE.
Christopher Davis, Adelphi University
Participants:
Striking the Common Wind: Ornamental Iron and the Black Radical Tradition in New Orleans. Hampton Smith, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Askia Toure: Grounded in Struggle - The Deep Roots of Black Liberation in Black Artistry. Noah Nelson, PhD Student
The Black Arts Movement: The Forgotten Contributions of Black Panthers Bobby Seale, George Mason Murray, and Bobby Seale. J. Vern Cromartie, Contra Costa College
“A militant new generation has arisen”: Black Artists and the Advent of Black Power in New York City. Peter Blackmer, Eastern Michigan University
089. 9:00 am to 11:00 am
William Penn
Commentator:
9:00am
ASALH Film FestivalCarnegie III - Film Festival AV Conference Level Omni
AUGUST WILSON: THE GROUND ON WHICH I STAND.
Sam Pollard 10:00am
090. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Chair:
Roundtable Churchill- 1st Floor Omni William Penn
“HARMONY OF FREEDOM: ECHOES FROM THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.”
Kamal A. McClarin, Underground Network to Freedom
Presenters:
Linda Harris-Cole
David Cole
091. 10:00 am to 11:40 am Roundtable Fox Chapel- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
JOHN WESLEY HARDRICK: “LIFE WITHOUT ART IS BRUTALITY”.
Chair:
Leslie Etienne, Indiana University - Indianapolis/Joseph Taylor Branch
Presenters:
Kaila Austin, ASALH Joseph Taylor Branch, Indianapolis
Kisha Tandy, Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
Arthur Tucker, Indiana
092. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
A NATIONAL NARRATIVE CHANGE PLATFORM: PROMOTING THE SECOND CENTURY OF CARTER G. WOODSON’S LEGACY.
Chair:
Jaha Cummings, Blanchard House Institute
Presenters:
Jaha Cummings, Blanchard House Institute
Joan Ai, Blanchard House Institute, Co-Founder
Martha Russell Bireda, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
093. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Roundtable Mt Lebanon- 1st Floor Omni William Penn
CREATING BEAUTIFUL COLLABORATIONS: EFFECTIVELY WORKING WITH THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY (ASALH) AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS).
Chair:
Deanda Johnson, National Park Service
Presenters:
Deanda Johnson, National Park Service
Evelyn Causey, National Historic Landmarks Program - NPS
Dominique Wilkerson, African American Civil Rights Network, National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE) Intern
094. 10:00 am to 11:40 am Panel Session Sewickley- 1st Floor Omni William Penn BLACKNESS, LAND, AND COMMUNITY IN THE CIRCUM-CARIBBEAN.
Chair:
K.T. Ewing, University of Alabama
Participants:
From Here Through Here: Black Migration from the United States to the British West Indies, 1834-1862. Danyelle Valentine, Vanderbilt University Idleness; Habitual Idleness. Alycia Hall, University of British Columbia ‘All is Right and the Property… has Been Saved’: Black Protestant Women and Land as Progress in the Guianas. Briana Royster, University of Alabama
Commentator:
Crystal Eddins, University of Pittsburgh
095. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Chair:
Roundtable Shadyside- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
THE ROLE OF GOSPEL MUSIC AND NEGRO SPIRITUALS AS INSPIRATIONAL ADULT PEDAGOGY.
Lisa Rochelle Brown, University of the Incarnate Word
Presenters:
Lisa Rochelle Brown, University of the Incarnate Word
Paulette E. Issac-Savage, University of Missouri Saint Louis
Marc Gray Jr, Ursuline College
Lisa Caldwell-Serges, University of the Incarnate Word
Deacon Jeffery Neal, Macedonia Baptist Chuch
Rev. Jeffery Neal, Parish Liturgy Council
096. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Chair:
Roundtable Carnegie I- Conference Level Omni William Penn
ART, ACTIVISM, AND PLACE: REVISITING BLACK CULTURAL PRODUCTION IN NEW YORK CITY.
Shannon King, Fairfield University
Presenters:
Jordana Cox, University of Waterloo
Emily Hawk, Princeton University
Tracey Johnson, University of Georgia
Alyssa Lopez, Providence College
Dwayne Overton-Mann, Independent Scholar
097. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Chair:
Paper Session Carnegie II- Conference Level Omni William Penn
BLACK RESISTANCE IN THE VISUAL ARTS.
Jamon Jordan, Official Historian, City of Detroit
Participants:
Wax Prints (Ankara/Ntoma) as Visual Medium for Social Justice Campaigns: The Originators and Intersection Among Black and Diaspora Communities in America. Xorlali Plange, New York University
Birth of the Black Age of Comics 1993. Turtel Onli, N/A; Turtel Onli, N/A
098. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Chair:
Roundtable Grant- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN PITTSBURGH ON STAGE.
Shawn Lamar Williams, Georgia State University
Presenters:
Mark Clayton Southers, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre
Sala Udin, Community Activist/Artist
Frank Floyd Hightower, Hightower Photography
099. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Panel Session Oliver- AV Conference Level Omni William Penn
“FROM BLACK POWER TO BLACK LIVES MATTER: MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THE ARTS OF RESISTANCE”.
Chair:
Angela Tate, Northwestern University
Participants:
From Student to Revolutionary: Assata Shakur and the Black Freedom Struggle. Kimberly Monroe, Trinity-DC
The Invisible Hands of War: White Supremacy, Black Sovereignty, and the Origins of Conflict in Liberia 1980-2003. Elijah Zehyoue, Howard University
The Voice of the People: Barbados and Black Internationalism in the Black Power Era (1920-1970). Melanie R. Holmes, Howard University
Commentator:
Latif Tarik, University Professor
100. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Presenters:
Workshop Vandergrift AV- Conference Level Omni William Penn
AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS NETWORK INFORMATION SESSION.
Ariel Roy, African American Civil Rights Network and ASALH
Turkiya Lowe, National Park Service
Leader:
Ashley Adams, Coordinator, African American Civil Rights Network
101. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Roundtable Anchor - AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
NIKKI TAYLOR’S BROODING OVER BLOODY REVENGE: A HINE-HORNE BOOK ROUND TABLE.
Chair: Daryl Michael Scott, Morgan State University
Presenters:
Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, Indiana University
Kellie Carter Jackson, Wellesley College
Edda L. Fields-Black, Carnegie Mellon University
Commentator: Nikki Taylor, Howard University History Department
102. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Chair:
Panel Session
Oliver- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
REMEMBERING BLACK WOMEN’S MEMORIES.
DeLisa Hawkes, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Participants:
“Memories of Migration: Afro-Cherokee Resettlement Stories”. Eve Eure, Lehman College
“A woman is a woman anywhere:” Centering Black Femininity in Nannie Helen Burroughs’ Domestic Labor Activism. Danielle Procope Bell, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
“Mom Guilt and the Haunted Child in Contemporary Nigerian Literature”. Norrell Edwards, LeMoyne College
Commentator:
DeLisa Hawkes, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
103. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
WorkshopChemistry Communications Room- 2nd Floor Board Room Set Embassy Suites
SANKOFA: RETURNING TO THE MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM SCHOOLS OF 1964.
Leader:
Kisha Howell, Teachers College, Columbia University
104. 10:00 am to 11:50 am
Poster SessionOliver Ballroom Pre-Function Area-2nd Floor Reception Embassy Suites
POSTER SESSION.
Chairs:
Christina Vortia, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
Rebecca Louise Hankins, Texas A&M University
Participants:
A Steep Hill to Climb: The Creation and Closing of U.S. Black Ballet Companies. Ashly Horace, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Amplifying Diverse Voices: The Importance of African American Women Artists in American Art. Arletha Greer, Independent Black/White Woodson Story 1984-2024: Reckoning with the Missing Pages from Our Family’s History. Craig D. Woodson, Ethnomusic, Inc. and Drums of Humanity
Commemorating Activism: Continuing the Legacy of Septima Clark through Artistic Expression. Valerie Frazier, College of Charleston
Enjoy the Ride: Exploring Black Women’s Motorcycling from 1920-2020. Jameson Baudelaire, Texas Tech University
Escapism and Its Affects on Black Art Pieces. Sloane Cauthen, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
James Weldon Johnson Branch of ASALH Branch Programs and Activities. Hazel D Gillis, ASALH James Weldon Johnson Branch of Jacksonville, FL
Jaycob Beasley’s Voter Suppression Initiative. Jaycob Mykel Beasley, Tuskegee University
Jazz Ambassadors communicating the movement abroad. Tamika Sakayi Sterrs-Howard, University of South Carolina Columbia Parting: Spatial Analysis of French Quarter Urban Fabric. Kristen Mimms Scavnicky, Kent State University
Reese Street’s Last Stand: An African American Local Historic District’s Fight to Retain Community and Identity. Amelia Anne Andrews, ASALH Athens Branch (Georgia)
The Art and the Artist: How Johnson Publishing Company (JPC) photographers highlighted Black joy, emerging artists, and the Civil Rights Movement. Naja Morris, Getty Research Institute; Donna Marie Edgar, Getty Institute; Jacob Wolf, Getty Research Institute
Water Stories: Synergies of the Arts and Environmental Justice. Tru Leverette Hall, University of North Florida
Green Book Cleveland: African American Recreation, Entertainment and the Arts. Hazim Abdullah-Smith, Cuyahoga Valley National Park
The Effects of Social Media on Brain Development. Shaleace Nichelle Towns, University of Texas at Arlington, Center for African American Studies
Creating Freedom: Africentric Approaches to Curriculum Choices in Black Homeschooling Families. keturah abdullah, University of Michigan, Marsal Family School of Education
Ethical Framework for Sustainable Cultural Heritage. Be the human in the loop. Arnetta C Girardeau, Jacksonville native, Harvard/UNC/Duke alumni
105. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Chair:
Key Session Three Rivers- AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
MANY RIVERS TO CROSS: BRIDGING BLACK STUDIES AND BLACK THEATRE AND PERFORMANCE.
Jordan Ealey, University of Rochester
Presenters:
Soyica Diggs Colbert, Georgetown University
Julius Fleming, Washington University
Leticia Ridley, University of Toronto
Lisa B. Thompson, University of Texas at Austin
Isaiah Wooden, Swarthmore College 12:00pm
106. 12:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Panel Session Oliver- AV Conference Level Omni William Penn CLAPPING BACK AT ANTI-BLACKNESS: MAKING BLACKNESS VISIBLE ACROSS MEDIA IN THE 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES.
Chair:
Everett Hardy, Oberlin College
Participants:
Black Girl Magic: Calling for Diasporic Blackness and its Gods in “Black Girl” and “Nanny.” Miranda Alvarez Guillen, Lehigh University
Chronicling Resistance: The Cleveland Gazette, Harry C. Smith, and the Black Press Campaign Against “The Birth of a Nation.” Ian Collins, Lehigh University
The Duplicitous Representations of Cleopatra. Tarsha Griffin, Lehigh University
Embracing Black Mess: Televisual Representations of Black Serial Killers in Amazon Prime’s “Swarm” and “Them: The Scare.”
Isaiah Frost Rivera, University of Texas, Austin
107. 12:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Panel Session Vandergrift AV- Conference Level Omni William Penn
A CENTURY OF BLACK AND PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY: BLACK ART, BLACK CHRISTIANITY, BLACK LIBERATION AND PALESTINE.
Chair:
Alex Lubin, Penn State University
Participants:
Black Intifada: The Roots and Lessons of Black and Palestinian Solidarity in the Black Power And Black Arts Era (1965-1965) and beyond. Nadia Alahmed, Dickinson College
Religious Grammars and Folded Futures: On African Diasporic and Palestinian Exilic Visual Arts. Taurean Webb, De Paul University
108. 12:00 pm to 1:45 pm
LuncheonWilliam Penn Ballroom- Plenary Sessions Meal Functions Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN YOUR TROUBLES GET LIKE MINE: AUGUST WILSON’S LIFE AND PLAYS.
Keynote Speaker:
Kimberly Ellis, University of Pittsburgh
Greetings:
Sala Udin, Community Activist/Artist
Lakeisha Wolf, Executive Director, Ujamaa Collective
Emcee:
Sylvia Y. Cyrus, ASALH Executive Director and Prince Georges County Truth Branch (MD)
1:30pm
109. 1:30 pm to 3:50 pm
ASALH Film FestivalCarnegie III - Film Festival AV Conference Level Omni William Penn FENCES. 2:05pm
110. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Chair:
Panel Session Churchill- 1st Floor Omni William Penn
POETRY AND POLITICS: SUBVERSIVE STRATEGIES OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE.
Maya Brooks, University of Georgia
Participants:
“We Return Fighting:” African American Soldiers as Literary Devices in the Harlem Renaissance. Maya Brooks, University of Georgia
Pen and Progress: Black Women Writers and Their Renaissance Legacy. Aniya Gold, University of Memphis
James Weldon Johnson and the Origins of the Julius Rosenwald Fellowship Program. Emily Masghati, University of Chicago
Commentator:
Casarae Abdul-Ghani, Temple University
111. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Chair:
Panel Session Fox Chapel- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTS IN THE BLACK DIASPORA: A PATH TOWARDS UNITY AND JUSTICE.
Thayza Alves Matos, University of New Mexico
Participants:
The Influence of African American Hip-hop in African Cities: Uniting Black Youth and Fighting Social Injustices. Peter Njagi Mwangi, University of New Mexico
The Devil finds Work: Critiquing Black Representation in American Cinema. Thayza Alves Matos, University of New Mexico
Searching Through the Cracks: Locating ‘The New Negro Woman’ in Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and Ann Petry’s the Street. Ashley Bernado, University of New Mexico
Cultural Preservation through Art: The First Afro Museum in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. Layli Jeanette Tahirih Brown Stangeland, University of New Mexico
Invisible Identity: Ralph Ellison’s Critique of American Society in Invisible Man. Laura Niño, University of New Mexico
Commentator:
Peter Njagi Mwangi, University of New Mexico
112. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm Roundtable Heinz - AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
AN EFFICIENT WOMANHOOD: A DARLENE CLARK HINE AND GERALD HORNE BOOK ROUNDTABLE.
Chair:
Lara E Putnam, University of Pittsburgh
Presenters:
Alison Marie Parker, University of Delaware
Ula Y. Taylor, University of California at Berkeley
Shennette Garrett-Scott, Tulane University
Commentator:
Natanya Duncan, City University of New York
113. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Paper Session
Mt Lebanon- 1st Floor Omni William Penn
MUSIC AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: JOY, EMPOWERMENT AND THE CELEBRATION OF BLACK IDENTITY.
Chair: Elizabeth Johnson, Tennessee State University
Participants:
Eulogizing the Subject: Lori, Roberta, Lauryn, and the Politics of (re)Covering “Killing Me Softly”. Adam Banks, Ohio State University, Department of Comparative Studies
Beyond the Gridiron: Exploring the Artistic Roots and Enduring Influences of the HBCU Marching Aesthetic. Gretchen Bullock, University of North Texas
Singing with America: the influence of African American music on activism in Northern Ireland. James Robert Cooke, University of Arkansas
Black Power, White Liberalism, and the Mississippi Delta Blues Festival--1978 to 1981. Tyler DeWayne Moore, Prairie View A&M University
114. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Moderator:
Media Session
Oakmont- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
TEACHING WHILE BLACK (TELEVISION PILOT).
Donnetrice Allison, Stockton University
115. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Paper Session Sewickley- 1st Floor Omni William Penn
RECKONING WITH FAMILY HISTORIES AND LEGACIES.
Chair: Glynis Johns, Black Scranton Project
Participants:
Lessons From a Jim Crow Era Debutante: How One Black Community Passed on a Legacy of Resilience to its Youth. Talia Dow, University of Georgia
Black/White Woodson Story: Reckoning with the Missing Pages from Our Family’s History. Craig D. Woodson, Ethnomusic, Inc. and Drums of Humanity
116. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Roundtable Shadyside- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn PITTSBURGH’S LONG BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT: CELEBRATING ARTISTIC ACTIVISM.
Chair: Shawn Lamar Williams, Georgia State University
Presenters:
Frank Floyd Hightower, Hightower Photography
Oronde Sharif, University of Pittsburgh
Sala Udin, Community Activist/Artist
Valerie Adeniji Lawrence, Magnolia Publishing House
Curtiss Porter, The African Library Unburnt
117. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Paper Session Carnegie I- Conference Level Omni William Penn CRISIS AND WEALTH IN THE BLACK ECONOMY.
Chair: Adam Xavier McNeil, Rutgers University
Participants:
“ ‘We Felt that We Were Pioneers’: Black Banking from the Nadir to the Stock Market Crash, 1888-1929”. Brandon K. Winford, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The Reformers Savings Bank: The Grand Fountain, United Order of True Reformers and the Black Economy. Anton D. House, Delaware State University
Race Riots and Labour Rebellions: Interwar Jamaica’s Economic Crisis Amidst A Racial Divide. Christopher Davis, Adelphi University
118. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Paper Session Carnegie II- Conference Level Omni William Penn
ESSAYS, POEMS AND FICTIONAL WRITINGS: TRACING THE LITERARY WORKS OF BLACK LIBERATION.
Chair:
Kenneth M Hamilton, Southern Methodist University
Participants:
Unbroken: Tracing the Threads of Black Poetry in Social Movements. Zariah Nicole, Johns Hopkins SOE
Poetic Legacy: Mazisi Kunene, Zosukuma Kunene, and Creative Responses to African-American Culture. Abimbola Cole KaiLewis, Hofstra University / York College - City University of New York
The Artist as Witness in James Baldwin’s Nonfiction. Maia Campbell, University of Dallas
119. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Leader:
Workshop Grant- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
HOWARD MELLON WORKSHOP: BLACK RESISTANCE AND ARTS ACROSS TIME AND SPACE.
Lisa Brock, Social Justice and Anti- Racism Consultant; Howard-Mellon Just Futures Grant
120. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Panel Session Oliver- AV Conference Level Omni William Penn
MORE THAN MAGIC: USING ART AND ETHNOGRAPHY TO EXPLORE BLACK GIRLS’ LIVED EXPERIENCES.
Chair:
Ashley Woodson Walters, Black epiSTEMologies Project
Participants:
Somewhere Away: Creating Representations of Black Girls. Alyssa Liles-Amponsah, Please Touch Museum
The Role of African Queen Mythology in Black Girls’ Racial Socialization: Considerations for Education Psychology. Ashley Woodson Walters, Black epiSTEMologies Project
Seeing and Feeling Myself: Art-Based Pedagogies of Self-Reflection and Self-Care for Black Girls. Lex Hunter, University of Colorado - Boulder
121. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Roundtable Vandergrift AV- Conference Level Omni William Penn
FREEDOM SEEKING A FORM OF CIVIL RIGHTS. A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD NETWORK TO FREEDOM AND THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS NETWORK NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PROGRAMS.
Chair:
Ariel Roy, African American Civil Rights Network and ASALH
Presenters:
Ashley Adams, Coordinator, African American Civil Rights Network
Joshua Strayhorn, National Park Service
Barry Jurgenson, Midwest Regional Coordinator for the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
122. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Chair:
Panel Session
Anchor - AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE FIELD OF BLACK WOMEN’S HISTORY.
Sharita Jacobs Thompson, Independent Scholar
Participants:
Black Women Educators’ Pedagogy, Praxis, and Curriculum as Activism during the Early Twentieth Century. Gloria J. Ashaolu, Michigan State University
The Capital City Murders: Black Women and Serial Murder in Interwar Era Washington, D. C. LaShawn Harris, Michigan State University
The Battle for Freedom: The Mangrove Demonstration (1970). Jada Gannaway, Michigan State University
Commentator:
Pero Dagbovie, Michigan State University
123. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm Presidential Session Oliver- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
THE LIFE, THOUGHT, AND ACTIVISM OF WILLIAM STRICKLAND.
Chair:
Shawn Alexander, University of Kansas
Presenters:
Peter Blackmer, Eastern Michigan University
Derrick White, University of Kentucky
Zebulon Miletsky, Stony Brook University
Christopher Tinson, Saint Louis University
Amilcar Shabazz, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Commentator:
W. Marvin Dulaney, ASALH President and ASALH Marvin Dulaney Branch (Dallas/Ft. Worth)
124. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
RoundtableChemistry Communications Room- 2nd Floor Board Room Set Embassy Suites
PRACTICING HISTORY, EDUCATING PRACTITIONERS, AND ENGAGING WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY THROUGH PUBLIC HISTORY GRADUATE EDUCATION IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Chair:
Ajamu Dillahunt-Holloway, North Carolina State University
Presenters:
Charles Johnson, North Carolina Central University
Sydney Alston, North Carolina State University
Alicia McGill, North Carolina State University
125. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Chair:
Roundtable Three Rivers- AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn ROUND TABLE IN HONOR OF NATHAN HARE.
James B. Stewart, Equity Advisory Panel
Presenters:
Dawn-Elissa Fischer, San Francisco State University
Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, ASALH Executive Council and University of Illinois
Nathaniel Norment, Jr., Morehouse College 4:00pm
126. 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Plenary SessionWilliam Penn Ballroom- Plenary Sessions Meal Functions Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
A SOULFUL URGE: A CONVERSATION ABOUT BLACK ARTISTIC EXPRESSION IN AND BEYOND OUR NATIONAL PARKS.
Moderator:
Joshua Jenkins, National Parks Conservation Association
Participant:
Ifa Bayeza, Playwright
Brian Joyner, Acting Superintendent, Rock Creek Park
Karen Armagost, Interpretive Park Ranger, New Orleans Jazz National Historic Park
Mia Y. Anderson, Actress
Sponsor:
Alan Spears, National Parks Conservation Association
127. 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Presenters:
Forum Three Rivers- AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
ASALH MEMBER REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY.
Ida E. Jones, Morgan State University and ASALH Vice President for Membership
Leontyne Middleton, ASALH Tampa Bay Branch, President
Maude Johnson, Carnegie Mellon University
Hazel D Gillis, ASALH James Weldon Johnson Branch of Jacksonville, FL
W. Marvin Dulaney, ASALH President and ASALH Marvin Dulaney Branch (Dallas/Ft. Worth)
LaShawn Harris, Michigan State University
Rahman Johnson, Jacksonville City Council
Cassandra Jones
Sankofa Village Drum and Dance Group
Sylvia Y. Cyrus, ASALH Executive Director and Prince Georges County Truth Branch (MD)
KIMBERLY M QUEEN, Tampa
Yvonne Acey, ASALH Member
Ida Carey, ASALH Member
Kisha King, ASALH South Florida Branch
Anita Shepherd, ASALH Executive Council
Leader:
Madge Allen, ASALH Manhattan Branch
128. 6:15 pm to 7:00 pm Forum Carnegie I- Conference Level Omni William Penn AFRO-LATINX HISTORY AND AFROFUTURISM.
Leader: Walter Greason, Macalester College
129. 7:30 pm to 9:45 pm
ASALH Film FestivalCarnegie III - Film Festival AV Conference Level Omni William Penn
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM.
Commentator: George C. Wolfe
130. 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm
ReceptionWilliam Penn Ballroom- Plenary Sessions Meal Functions Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn FRIDAY NIGHT IN.
Performer(s):
Jasiri X/One Hood Media
Emcee:
Sylvia Y. Cyrus, ASALH Executive Director and Prince Georges County Truth Branch (MD) Saturday, September 28, 2024 8:00am
131. 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
ExhibitorRiverboat- Exhibits Area Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn SATURDAY RIVERBOAT EXHIBITS. FRIDAY,
132. 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
MeetingSternwheeler- Exhibits Area Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
ACADEMIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE INFORMATION TABLE (APC) HELP DESK (SATURDAY).
Leader:
Lionel Kimble, ASALH Executive Council and Chicago State University
133. 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
ExhibitorSternwheeler- Exhibits Area Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
SATURDAY STERNWHEELER EXHIBITS.
134. 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Exhibitor Oliver Ballroom Pre-Function Area Exhibits 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
SATURDAY OLIVER BALLROOM PRE-FUNCTION AREA EXHIBITS.
8:30am
135. 8:30 am to 9:40 am Paper Session Churchill- 1st Floor Omni William Penn FORGOTTEN BLACK ARTISTS OF THE BLACK ATLANTIC WORLD DURING THE AGE OF REVOLUTION.
Chair:
Leslie Etienne, Indiana University - Indianapolis/Joseph Taylor Branch
Participants:
Isaac Louverture: Poet. Andrew Maginn, University of the South: Sewanee
Portrait for Portrait: Phillis Wheatley, Scipio Moorhead, and Early African Atlantic Acknowledgment Practices. Karla Vanessa Zelaya, Smith College, Africana Studies
136. 8:30 am to 9:40 am Paper Session Fox Chapel- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn BLACK WOMEN’S VOICES AND IDENTITIES IN ART AND CULTURE.
Chair: Amanda Boston, University of Pittsburgh
Participants: Who’s the “Realest”?: Womanhood, Identity, and Hip-Hop Culture. Ramona Bell, Cal Poly Humboldt
An American History of Black Women Artists in The New Negro and Civil Rights Movements. Keisha Oliver, Penn State University
High Heels and Handlebars: Examining Black Women’s Motorcycling and Its Impact Black Culture. Jameson Baudelaire, Texas Tech University
Artisan Womanism after Disasters: Hurricane Katrina Mississippi Women’s Survival and Resilience. Ophera A. Davis, Independent Scholar
137. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Roundtable
Heinz - AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
“ART AS LEGACY: DIALOGUES ON ESTATE PLANNING FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS.
Chair: Rumbidzai Mufuka, I Am Willing™
Presenters:
Quintarra Morant, Morant Law Offices
Lois Mufuka Martin, KAVA Consultancy
Akudzwe Elsie Chiwa, Visual Artist
138. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Participant:
Meeting
Mt Lebanon- 1st Floor Omni William Penn
2025 CONFERENCE PLANNING MEETING.
W. Marvin Dulaney, ASALH President and ASALH Marvin Dulaney Branch (Dallas/Ft. Worth)
Aaisha N. Haykal, College of Charleston and ASALH Vice President for Programs
Augustus Wood, ASALH Executive Council and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Lionel Kimble, ASALH Executive Council and Chicago State University
Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, ASALH Executive Council and University of Illinois
Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Loyola University Maryland
Anita Moore Shepherd, ASALH Executive Council and ASALH James Weldon Johnson Branch
Sylvia Y. Cyrus, ASALH Executive Director and Prince Georges County Truth Branch (MD)
Aisha Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology
Daryl Michael Scott, Morgan State University
Felix Germain, University of Pittsburgh
Esther Germain
139. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Panel Session
Oakmont- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
THE RADICAL ART OF BLACK PRINT CULTURE.
Chair: Crystal Donkor, Southern Methodist University
Participants:
“Tracking Jarena Lee’s Life, Narratives, and Pinky Ring”. Derrick A. Spires, Department of Literatures in English
Alice Dunbar-Nelson and the Manifestation of a Black Print Culture Future. Monet Lewis-Timmons, University of Delaware
Black Print Culture as Activism. Britney Henry, University of Delaware
The Print Lives of Miseducation and The Coldest Winter Ever. Jacinta R Saffold, University of Delaware
140. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Paper Session
Sewickley- 1st Floor Omni William Penn INNOVATIONS IN BLACK EDUCATION AND CULTURAL EXPRESSION.
Chair: Christopher Davis, Adelphi University
Participants:
Afrofuturism and Sankofa as Methodology in Black Education Research. Sade Williams, University of Delaware
August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle and 20th Century Black Home Education. Stacey L. Akines, Carnegie Mellon University
Booker T. Washington High School in the Age of Segregation, Norfolk, VA. Trayc Freeman, University of Virginia
Charting New Paths: Integrating Du Bois’ Legacy into STEM Education. Leia Danae Belt, University of California, Merced; Jullanar Zakiyyah Williams, University of California, Merced
141. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Workshop Shadyside- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
BLACK ARTS TODAY: AN ONLINE, ASYNCHRONOUS, COURSE IN BLACK LIFE, HISTORY, AND CULTURE.
Leader:
Lou Turner, University of Illinois
142. 2:05 pm to 3:50 pm
Paper Session
Sewickley-First Floor EXPRESSIONS OF BLACK RESISTANCE: A HISTORICAL EXAMINATION.
Chair: Peter Blackmer, Eastern Michigan University
Participants:
Deliver Me: Contemporary Uses of Ritual and Performance to (Re)member the Black Queer Body Ajewole Duckett, Northern Illinois University
Revolutionary Poison: The Chemical and Material Terrorism of Makandal in Eighteenth-Century Saint-Domingue. Christopher Newman, Howard University
The Resilience of Black Artists: The Rise from Oppression. Nyah Gantt, Undergraduate Student
143. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
144. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Chair:
Media Session
AMERICAN SANTA.
Panel Session
Grant- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
Oliver- AV Conference Level Omni William Penn
REVISING THE NARRATIVE THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: BMRC FELLOWS AT ASALH (PART I).
LaVerne Gray, Syracuse University
Participants:
Bright Young Things: Chicago’s New Negro Intercollegiate Club and the Wonder Books 1927 and 1929. LaVerne Gray, Syracuse University
Getting the Story Right: Black Literary Archives and the Life of Willard Motley. Agnieszka Tuszynska, QCC-CUNY
Building Black Media History: Race, Place, and the Rise of Chicago’s Black Metropolis. E. James West, University College London
145. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Chair:
Roundtable Vandergrift AV- Conference Level Omni William Penn
THE OMEGA CARTER G. WOODSON ACADEMY: STEPPING OUT OF MISEDUCATION.
Justin D Laing, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Presenters:
Jamaal Gosa, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Brandon D Jennings, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Kieth Taylor, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
146. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Chair:
Panel Session Anchor - AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
DIGITAL HUMANITIES AS A TOOL TO EXPLORE RACIAL VIOLENCE AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
Nikki Lynn Marie Brown, University of Kentucky
Participants:
Restorative Research: Guidance Through Reflection and Uncovering Untold Stories. Qwenton Briggs, J. David Rosenberg College of Law, University of Kentucky
Challenging White Supremacist Discourses in the Archives. Ariane Ribeiro, University of Kentucky
Moving Beyond Trauma: Lessons of Healing from the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice-Kentucky Project. Austin Zinkle, University of Kentucky Post-Doctoral Scholar
147. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Workshop Oliver- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BLACK ARTISTS IN CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY BLACK CHILDREN’S LITERATURE.
Presenters:
Tiffeni Fontno, Vanderbilt University
Renata Love Jones, Georgia State University
Sean Fontno, Columbia College
Leader:
Nicholl D Montgomery, ASALH Member
148. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Paper SessionChemistry Communications Room- 2nd Floor Board Room Set Embassy Suites
UNVEILING HIDDEN NARRATIVES IN EDUCATION.
Chair:
Deborah Anna Brown, Riverside City College
Participants:
The History of Southern Textbook Adoption and the White Women behind the Lost Cause, 1865-1920. Monique Hyman, Florida State University
“We Value Our Black Babies as well as Other Folks Do Theirs”: Reconstructing Public Memory of the Black Educational Pursuit in Nevada (1864-1890). Eden Wolde, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
149. 8:30 am to 9:40 am
Commentator:
Media Session Three Rivers- AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
SPURRING CHANGE: THE MYRTIS DIGHTMAN STORY.
Gretchen J Odion, Houston Community College
150. 9:00 am to 10:30 am
9:00am
ASALH Film FestivalCarnegie III - Film Festival AV Conference Level Omni William Penn
BLACK SCRANTON PROJECT: PRESERVING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
Commentator:
Glynis Johns, Black Scranton Project
152. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Chair:
10:00am
Panel Session Fox Chapel- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
ISLAM AND BLACK ART: A DIASPORIC AESTHETICS.
Ellen McLarney, Duke University
Participants:
Performing the Islamic Black Atlantic: Afro-Diasporic Muslim Hip-Hop, Embodied Ethics, and Redefinition of British Islam. Jeanette Jouili, Syracuse University
Do For Self: The Visual Culture of the Nation of Islam. Christiane Gruber, University of Michigan
Poetics of Protest, from Africa to Minneapolis. RA Judy, University of Pittsburgh
An Islamic Poetics of Black Knowledge. Ellen McLarney, Duke University
Commentator:
Marvin X Jackmon, Academy Da Corner
153. 10:00 am to 11:40 am Roundtable Heinz - AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
“IN THESE HILLS: BLACK APPALACHIAN ARTISTS ON CREATING PERFORMANCES AND CONSTRUCTING VISUAL NARRATIVES.”
Chair:
Marie Toni Cochran, Affrilachian Artist Project, Founder
Presenters:
Marie Toni Cochran, Affrilachian Artist Project, Founder
Aristotle Jones, Musician
L Renée, Poet/Storyteller
154. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Panel Session Mt Lebanon- 1st Floor Omni William Penn
MILLION DOLLAR PICTURE: THE DELANY HALL ART COLLECTION AND LEGACY BUILDING AT QUEENS COLLEGE.
Chair: Natanya Duncan, City University of New York
155. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Chairs:
Ada Pinkston, Towson University
Roundtable Oakmont- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
PARABLES OF BLACK WOMEN ARTS LEADERSHIP.
Alisha Wormsley, Carnegie Mellon University
Staycee Pearl, Staycee Pearl Dance
Presenters:
Gina Marie Lewis, Bowie State University
Kenvi Phillips, Barack Obama Presidential Library, NARA Eola Dance, Howard University
156. 10:00 am to 11:40 am Workshop Sewickley- 1st Floor Omni William Penn
THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF U.S. INDEPENDENCE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BLACK AMERICANS?
Chair:
Deborah Robinson, University of Michigan Program for Research on Black Americans
Leader:
Aaisha N. Haykal, College of Charleston and ASALH Vice President for Programs
157. 10:00 am to 11:40 am Panel Session Shadyside- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
THE IDEAS, CRITICISMS, AND ACTIVISM OF BLACK AMERICAN WOMEN’S PRINT CULTURE DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Chair: Sheena Hayes, Auburn University
Participants:
Black Theatre for Black People: Twentieth Century Black Women’s Theatre Criticism in The Colored American. Jordan Ealey, University of Rochester
“The Oppressed Negro People Are Awakening”: Maude White and the Harlem Liberator. Melissa Ford, Slippery Rock University
The Intellectual Activism of the National Alliance of Black Feminists. Ileana Nachescu, Rutgers University
The Legacy of the Third World Women’s Alliance through Print and Digital Culture. Tiana U. Wilson, University of Pittsburgh
Commentator:
Sheena Hayes, Auburn University
158. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Paper Session Carnegie I- Conference Level Omni William Penn
BLACK FREEDOM STRUGGLES IN SLAVERY AND THE CIVIL WAR.
Chair: Ella J Davis, Wayne County Community College District
Participants:
A Free Man, Fortiori a Soldier: Corporal John Andrew v Archibald Montgomery in Civil War New Orleans. Anthony J Cade, US Air National Guard History Office
“I went South as a soldier: Collective Civil War Memory in Iowa’s Post-Reconstruction Black Press.”. David Brodnax, Trinity Christian College
Reframing Black Slavery in Chickasaw Country: Toney, Betsy Love, and Married Women’s Property in the Antebellum U.S. South. Justin Isaac Rogers, University of North Florida
Crafting Maroon Communities in British Canada Before the Civil War. dann j Broyld, University of Massachusetts Lowell
“With Fife and Drum:” A Rhetorical History of the 1866 Tennessee State Colored Convention. Andre E. Johnson, University of Memphis
159. 10:00 am to 11:40 am Roundtable Grant- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
CREATIVITY IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD: INNOVATIVE BLACK SPACES FOR POETRY, CULTURE, AND ART.
Chair: Tina Louise Ligon, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Presenters:
Shanna Louise Smith, Jackson State University
Valerie Taylor, University of Las Vegas, Nevada
Tina Louise Ligon, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
160. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Panel Session Oliver- AV Conference Level Omni William Penn REVISING THE NARRATIVE THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: BMRC FELLOWS AT ASALH (PART II).
Chair: Douglas Williams, University of Illinois
Participants:
“The Black Ensemble Is a Necessity”: Theatre, Chicago, the Black Arts Movement, and Beyond. Paul Michael Thomson, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, The University of Massachusetts Amherst A Documentry in the Making: A Chicago Based Black Arts Movement Exemplar. Douglas Williams, University of Illinois
Forming a Community: Heartbreak and Triumph in Making Black Chicago. Brandon Stokes, Indiana University
Chicago’s Black Arts Movement. Thabiti Lewis, Washington State University Vancouver
161. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Roundtable Vandergrift AV- Conference Level Omni William Penn
MRS. RICHARDSON: A DRAMATIC READING OF A NEW PLAY ABOUT THE LIFE OF GLORIA RICHARDSON.
Chair: Say Burgin, Dickinson College
Presenters:
Kristopher Burrell, Hostos Community College
Laura Warren Hill, Bloomfield College
Rosie Jayde Uyola, Bard College
Joshua K. Wright, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Peter Levy, York College
Crystal M. Moten, Obama Presidential Center
162. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Paper Session Anchor - AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
THEORY AND HISTORY IN THE MAKING AND RESHAPING OF BLACK LIBERATORY THOUGHT.
Participants:
“That Little Mistake We Made, the People Dem Love It!” The Art of Black Thought. Minkah Makalani, Johns Hopkins University
The Two Central Contradictions Characterizing the African American Sociohistorical Experience. Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, ASALH Executive Council and University of Illinois
Multi ‘Til the Sun Die: Applying Big K.R.I.T.’s “Geography Lottery” to Mississippi and Alabama Hip-Hop Artists. Renee Richardson, University of Louisville
163. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Key Session Oliver- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
REMEMBERING THE LIFE AND SCHOLARSHIP OF WILSON JEREMIAH MOSES.
Chair: Shawn Alexander, University of Kansas
Presenters:
Mia Bay, University of Pennsylvania
Derrick P. Alridge, University of Virginia
Daryl Michael Scott, Morgan State University
James B. Stewart, Equity Advisory Panel
Kevin Gaines, University of Virginia
164. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Panel SessionChemistry Communications Room- 2nd Floor Board Room Set Embassy Suites
ART AS PRAXIS AND PEDAGOGY OF BLACK RADICALISM.
Chair: Noah Nelson, PhD Student
Participants:
Doris Derby as Activist, Artist, and Black Radical Educator. Amber Johnson, University of Maryland at College Park
The ACE in the Hole for Black Artists in Columbus, Ohio. Nicole Sutton, Columbus Metropolitan Library
Views from The EAST: The manifestation of Jitu Weusi’s Pedagogy in the material world. Noah Nelson, PhD Student
Presenter:
Amber Johnson, University of Maryland at College Park
165. 10:00 am to 11:40 am
Roundtable Three Rivers- AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn CLEVELAND’S AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL GARDEN AND THE PROGRESSION OF ARTISTIC LANDSCAPE DESIGN ACROSS FIVE DECADES.
Chair:
Stephanie Fortado, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Presenters:
Stephanie Fortado, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Katrena Kennedy, African American Cultural Garden Association
Daniel Bickerstaff,II, Founder and Principal Architect, Ubiquitous Design, Ltd.
Carl Ewing, Association of African American Cultural Gardens, President
Lavita Ewing, Association of African American Cultural Gardens, Fundraiser
Commentator:
Austin Allen, University of Texas at Arlington 11:00am
166. 11:00 am to 1:30 pm
ASALH Film FestivalCarnegie III - Film Festival AV Conference Level Omni William Penn
THE LIGHT OF TRUTH: RICHARD HUNT’S MONUMENT TO IDA B. WELLS.
Commentator: Rana Segal
167. 12:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Chair:
12:00pm
Panel Session Churchill- 1st Floor Omni William Penn VOICES OF RESISTANCE: BLACK GIRLHOOD THEORY, WRITING, AND ART IN FOCUS.
Claudine Olivia Taaffe, Vanderbilt University
Participants:
“Blackwildgirl: A Writer’s Journey to Take Back Her Superpower”. Menah Pratt, Virginia Tech
“Developing a hooksian Theory of Black Girls”. Aria S. Halliday, University of Kentucky
“Curating Resistance: Art as a Catalyst for Black Girlhood Empowerment”. Claudine Olivia Taaffe, Vanderbilt University
168. 12:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Panel Session
Oakmont- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
EXPLORING EMBEDDED WISDOM IN THE SONGS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA.
Chair: Sharon Fuller, Sonoma State University
Participants:
Songs of the Sea Islands. Sharon Fuller, Sonoma State University
Porgy and Bess and Gullah Culture. Lynne Morrow, Sonoma State University
Spiritual in Social and Musical context. Randall C. Webber, Wayside Christian Mission
169. 12:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Panel Session Oliver- AV Conference Level Omni William Penn
PICTURING BLACK HISTORY: A VISUAL STUDIES PROJECT OF BLACK LIFE AND CULTURE.
Chair: Treva Lindsey, Ohio State University
Participants:
Imaging SNCC. Benjamin St. Angelo, Ohio State University
Refuge and Revolt for Black Americans in France. Daniela Edmeier, Ohio State University
Charles Young: The Life of a Soldier. Paul McAllister, Ohio State University
170. 12:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Workshop Vandergrift AV- Conference Level Omni William Penn
BLACK THOUGHT COLLECTIVE: PERFORMING RESEARCH AT A BLACK CULTURAL CENTER.
Presenters:
Anne Marie Edwards, Purdue University
Barakah Abdo-baari, Purdue University
Leah La’Nay Patterson, Purdue University
Leader:
Clarreese La’Nay Greene, ASALH Member
171. 12:00 pm to 1:45 pm
LuncheonWilliam Penn Ballroom- Plenary Sessions Meal Functions Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
JOHN BLASSINGAME LUNCHEON: A TRIBUTE TO MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE.
Moderator: Sheila Y. Flemming, Black Rose Foundation for Children
Guest Speaker:
Ashley Robertson Preston, Howard University Noliwe Rooks, Cornell University
Greetings: Tahirah Walker, Assistant Professor, Organizational Development and Innovation, Park Point University
Emcee: Sylvia Y. Cyrus, ASALH Executive Director and Prince Georges County Truth Branch (MD) 12:15pm
172. 12:15 pm to 1:00 pm Forum Carnegie I- Conference Level Omni William Penn THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
Leader: Walter Greason, Macalester College 2:00pm
173. 2:00 pm to 3:50 pm ASALH Film FestivalCarnegie III - Film Festival AV Conference Level Omni William Penn
TRACING OUR PATH THROUGH BRONZEVILLE.
Commentator: Reginald Price
174. 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm
MeetingWilliam Penn Ballroom- Plenary Sessions Meal Functions Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
AWARDS BANQUET REHEARSAL.
Presenters:
Camesha Scruggs, Central Connecticut State University
Aisha Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology
Speaker:
LaShawn Harris, Michigan State University
Pero Dagbovie, Michigan State University
Samuel W Black, Senator John Heinz History Center
Joe W. Trotter, Carnegie Mellon University
Deborah Gray White, Rutgers University
Ashley Jordan, Evansville African American Museum
Nikki Taylor, Howard University History Department
Sonia Sanchez, Poet Laureate
Jesse Jackson, Sr.
Ruth E. Hodge
Moderator:
Sylvia Y. Cyrus, ASALH Executive Director and Prince Georges County Truth Branch (MD)
Participant:
Felix Germain, University of Pittsburgh
Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Loyola University Maryland
Oliver McNair
Lopez Matthews, District of Columbia, Office of Public Records, ASALH Executive Council, ASALH Roland MCConnell Branch
Welcome and Occasion:
Cornelius Bynum, Purdue University
175. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
2:05pm
GRADUATE STUDIES IN HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES, AND MUSEUM STUDIES AND PUBLIC HISTORY AT MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.
Chair:
Daryl Michael Scott, Morgan State University
Leaders:
Felicia Thomas, Morgan State University
Herbert Brewer, Morgan State University
Dexter Blackman, Morgan State University
177. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Special Book Panel Heinz - AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites HINE-HORNE ROUNDTABLE ON EDDA FIELDS-BLACK’S COMBEE.
Discussants:
Kamal A. McClarin, Underground Network to Freedom
Deirdre Cooper Owens, University of Nebraska
Melissa L. Cooper, Rutgers University at Newark Associate Professor of History,
Moderator:
Bernard Powers, Jr., College of Charleston, Center for the Study of Slavery in Charleston
Author:
Edda L. Fields-Black, Carnegie Mellon University
Workshop Churchill- 1st Floor Omni William Penn
178. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Workshop
Mt Lebanon- 1st Floor Omni William Penn BLACK FEMINIST WRITING: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO PUBLISHING ACADEMIC BOOKS--THE WORKSHOP.
Presenters:
Amrita Chakrabarti Myers, Indiana University
Natanya Duncan, City University of New York
Leader:
Stephanie Y. Evans, Georgia State University
180. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Roundtable
Shadyside- AV 1st Floor Omni William Penn
(THE IMPORTANCE OF) ENGAGING HBCUS IN THE CONTEMPORARY CONVERSATION OF DANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE OVERARCHING LINK TO K-12 ARTS EDUCATION .
Chair:
Ashly Horace, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Presenters:
Wanda Ebright, College of the Arts - Columbus State University, Dean, College of the Arts
Shani Dessie Inell Diouf, Professor
Alexandra Joye Warren, Founder and Artistic Director, JOYEMOVEMENT Dance Company | Assistant Professor of Performing Arts - Elon University
Lindsay Gary, Founder and Artistic and Executive Director, Dance Afrikana LLC and Professor, Houston Community College
Participant:
Harrison Guy, Founder and Artistic Director, Urban Souls Dance Company
Jackie Stokes, K-12 Dance Educator and Board Member, Black College Dance Exchange
T. Lang, Associate Professor of Dance/Inaugural Dept. Chair of Dance Performance - Spelman College
181. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Roundtable Carnegie I- Conference Level Omni William Penn THE POWER OF ART TO COMMUNICATE OUR MILITARY HISTORY: A WORKSHOP.
Chair:
Anthony J Cade, US Air National Guard History Office
Presenters:
Edna Cummings, Retired Colonel/Producer
Brian Rowe
Tyson Gilpin, NAACP Winchester Branch
Peggy Tadej, Patriot Art Foundation
Jonathan A Noyalas, Shenandoah University’s McCormick Civil War Institute
John Moeller, Deputy Garrison Commander, Fort Belvoir, VA
182. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm Presidential Session Grant- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites THE ASALH FREEDOM SCHOOL PLAN.
Chair:
Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, ASALH Executive Council and University of Illinois
Presenters:
Terrance Thomas, Bethel A.M.E. Church
Augustus Wood, ASALH Executive Council and University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Leslie Etienne, Indiana University - Indianapolis/Joseph Taylor Branch
Commentator:
W. Marvin Dulaney, ASALH President and ASALH Marvin Dulaney Branch (Dallas/Ft. Worth)
183. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Panel Session Oliver- AV Conference Level Omni William Penn
A DUBOISIAN BLACK HISTORY ART MOSAIC: STORY TELLING, JOURNALING, AND BLACK THEATER 1924 TO PRESENT DAY.
Chair: Deirdre Foreman, Ramapo College of New Jersey and Executive Council
Participants:
The Power of Black Drama: W.E.B. DuBois’ Krigwa Players and the Little Negro Theatre, 1925–1927. Deirdre Foreman, Ramapo College of New Jersey and Executive Council
The Art of Therapeutic Journaling: The Ancestors Are Moving Heaven and Earth to See You Whole. Tanya M England, ASALH Manhattan Branch
The Art of Documentary Story Telling. Constance L. Diggs, Nyack College/Alliance Theological Seminary
Commentator: Joyya Smith, Suffolk University
184. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Roundtable Vandergrift AV- Conference Level Omni William Penn
REMOVING THE WHITE-WASH IN HIGHER-EDUCATION: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CALL TO EXCAVATE BLACK CONTRIBUTIONS TO ESTABLISHING AND FURTHERING DISCIPLINES.
Chair: Kelechi Chinyere Wright, University of Houston
Presenter:
Ameenah Shakir, University of Houston
185. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Leader:
Joan Cartwright, ASALH South Florida Branch
186. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Workshop Anchor - AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
MISEDUCATION THE PLAY.
Roundtable Oliver- AV 2nd Floor Embassy Suites
A HIP HOP BEEF FOR THE AGES: DRAKE, KENDRICKS, AND WHAT THE CULTURE IS FEELING.
Chair: Maurice J. Hobson, Georgia State University
Presenters:
Regina Bradley, Kennesaw State University
Dawn-Elissa Fischer, San Francisco State University
Jeffery O.G. Ogbar, University of Connecticut
187. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Panel SessionChemistry Communications Room- 2nd Floor Board Room Set Embassy Suites
REMAKING FREEDOM: BLACK RIGHTS CLAIMS IN THE AGE OF EMANCIPATION.
Chair:Karen Cook-Bell, Bowie State University
Participants:
’I Have Considered Myself Free’: How Enslaved Women Navigated Flight and Freedom in Civil War Kentucky. Daniele Celano, University of Virginia
The Meaning of Abolition and Free Soil beyond the Boundaries of Pennsylvania: Black Freedom Claims in the Ohio Valley Borderlands and Upper South. Lucien Holness, Pennsylvania State University
Patient and Persistent Legal Means: Contract Labor, Military Justice, and the Making of the Black Public in Union-occupied Southern Louisiana. James Illingworth, Freedmen and Southern Society Project, University of Maryland
Commentator:
Julia Bernier, Washington and Jefferson College
188. 2:05 pm to 3:40 pm
Panel Session Three Rivers- AV Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
TESTING THE BOUNDARIES OF FREEDOM: BLACK INSTITUTION BUILDING DURING RECONSTRUCTION, 18651915.
Chair:
Bobby Donaldson, University of South Carolina, Center for Civil Rights History and Research, Hollins Special Collections Library
Participants:
Self-Governance, Dignity , Citizenship, and Institution Building on the Plains, 1865 – 1880. Barbara Hewins-Maroney, Urban Studies Program School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska, Omaha
“A Case Study of Sundowning in Iowa, 1870-1880.” Leia Danae Belt, University of California, Merced
What was the Militia: Black, Red, and White Definition of North Carolina’s Reconstruction Militia, 1865-1870. Gregory Lamont Mixon, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Black Chaplains, Voices of Identity from the Civil War to the Eve of Global War. M. Taylor Black, Department of History, University of California, Davis
Commentator: Gregory Lamont Mixon, University of North Carolina at Charlotte 4:00pm
189. 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Plenary SessionWilliam Penn Ballroom- Plenary Sessions Meal Functions Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
HOLLYWOOD AND BLACK HISTORIES.
Presenters:
Heather Ann Thompson, University of Michigan
Maurice J. Hobson, Georgia State University
Nailah Jefferson, Filmmaker
Kevin Willmott, Filmmaker
Moderator:
Randal Maurice Jelks, Indiana University
190. 6:30 pm to 7:15 pm
Leader:
Walter Greason, Macalester College
191. 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm
6:30pm
Forum Carnegie I- Conference Level Omni William Penn
HIP HOP STUDIES AND GRAPHIC HISTORIES.
7:30pm
BanquetWilliam Penn Ballroom- Plenary Sessions Meal Functions Wm Penn Level Omni William Penn
ASALH ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET.
Awardee:
Ruth E. Hodge
Ashley Jordan, Evansville African American Museum
Pero Dagbovie, Michigan State University
LaShawn Harris, Michigan State University
Samuel W Black, Senator John Heinz History Center
Joe W. Trotter, Carnegie Mellon University
Deborah Gray White, Rutgers University
Nikki Taylor, Howard University History Department
Sonia Sanchez, Poet Laureate
Participant:
Sylvia Y. Cyrus, ASALH Executive Director and Prince Georges County Truth Branch (MD)
Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Loyola University Maryland
Award Presenter:
W. Marvin Dulaney, ASALH President and ASALH Marvin Dulaney Branch (Dallas/Ft. Worth)
Lopez Matthews, District of Columbia, Office of Public Records, ASALH Executive Council, ASALH Roland MCConnell Branch
Cornelius Bynum, Purdue University
Camesha Scruggs, Central Connecticut State University
Aisha Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology
Leslie Etienne, Indiana University - Indianapolis/Joseph Taylor Branch
Greetings:
Felix Germain, University of Pittsburgh
Tim Stevens, Founder, BPEP (Black Political Empowerment Project)
Carlos T. Carter, President and CEO, Urban League of Pittsburgh
Joyce Meggerson Moore, New Horizon Theater
Emcee: Sylvia Y. Cyrus, ASALH Executive Director and Prince Georges County Truth Branch (MD)
Sunday, September 29, 2024
8:30am
192. 8:30 am to 11:30 am TourOmni William Penn Hotel Oliver Street Entrance Omni William Penn
POST-CONFERENCE AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE TOUR.
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