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PRELIMINARY
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Founders of Black History Month
95th Annual ASALH Convention
2010 Black History Theme:
The History of Black Economic Empowerment

Raleigh, NC
September 29 - October 3, 2010
WEDNESDAY, September 29, 2010
Tour of Raleigh-Durham
10:00 am – 3:15 pm
Marriott Lobby. Registration
materials for those
attending the tour will be in
the lobby.
Convention Registration
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Convention Center 3rd
Floor Lobby
ASALH Executive Council Meeting
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Marriott Congressional
Room
National Park Service Public Forum
Robert Parker, Eola Dance, Frachele
Scott, Alton Mitchell, Michelle Lanier
The National Park Service will
highlight the extraordinary and
less-often told
stories relating to black economic
empowerment spanning the period
from
enslaved labor through the early 20th
Century.
3:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Marriott State Ballroom C
The John Hope Franklin Night Out
at Opening Night Tour and
Reception
at Duke
Buses Leave promptly at 6:30 pm
from Marriott Lobby
Event includes a reception and a book
signing by Julianna Malveaux.
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Duke University
THURSDAY, September 30, 2010
Convention Registration
7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Convention Center 3rd
Floor Lobby
Session I
8:30 am - 9:50 am
Convention Center Meeting
Rooms
African American Heritage Bus
Tour of Raleigh
Tour 1 - Riding Tour - (exits bus once)
Tour 2 - (exits bus up to three times)
7:30 am - 11:45 am
Assemble in Marriott State
Ballroom A.  
Session II
10:00 am -11:45 am
Convention Center Meeting
Rooms
Exhibit Hall Open
12:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Convention Center 3rd
Floor Lobby
Thursday Luncheon
Margaret Simms, Director, Urban
Institute Low-Income Families Project
12:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Marriott State Ballrooms ABC
Session III
2:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Convention Center Meeting
Rooms
Plenary Session I:
Black Reparations in Obama’s
Post-Racial America
Featuring: Mary Frances Berry, Alfred
Brophy, William A. Darity,
Kristen Mullen and James Stewart.
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Convention Center Ballroom
A, 4th Floor
Authors' Book Signing
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Convention Center 4th
Floor Lobby Area
94th Anniversary Reception for the
Journal of African American
History (JAAH)
Sponsored by North Carolina Central
University
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Convention Center Room
306
FRIDAY, October 1, 2010
Convention Registration
7:30 am - 5:00 pm
Convention Center 3rd
Floor Lobby
Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 am - 6:30 pm
Convention Center 3rd
Floor Lobby
Session I
8:30 am - 9:50 am
Convention Center Meeting
Rooms
Youth Day
Facilitated by Kiamsha Youth
Empowerment Organization
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
TBD
Session II
10:00 am -11:45 am
Convention Center Meeting
Rooms
Carter G. Woodson Luncheon
Speaker: Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
12:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Marriott State Ballrooms ABC
Session III
2:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Convention Center Meeting
Rooms
Plenary Session II:
History of Black Business and
Entrepreneurship
Featuring: James H. Speed, Jr., Juliet
E. K. Walker and
Robert Weems
4:00 pm - 5:45 pm
Convention Center Ballroom
A , 4th Floor
95th Anniversary Reception
Dessert Reception
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Marriott State Ballroom A&B
ASALH Business Meeting
(Members Only)
9:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Marriott State Ballroom A&B
Poetry Slam and ASALH Hang Suite
Facilitated by Kiamsha Youth
Empowerment Organization
10:00 pm -12:30 am
Convention Center Rooms
201, 203
SATURDAY, October 2, 2010
Convention Registration
8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Convention Center 3rd
Floor Lobby
Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Convention Center 3rd
Floor Lobby
Teachers’ Workshop
“Train the Trainer”
Special Registration Required
8:00 am - 11:45 am
Marriott Congressional
Room
Branch Workshop
Consult your
Academic Program
Journal for
locations and times.
 
Session I
8:30 am - 9:50 am
Convention Center Meeting
Rooms
Session II
10:00 am -11:45 am
Convention Center Meeting
Rooms
Saturday Luncheon
12:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Convention Center Ballroom
A, 4th floor
Session III
2:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Convention Center Meeting
Rooms
Plenary Session III:
The Nexus: Women, Race, Class,
Sex, and Religion
Chair: Allison Dorsey; Katie Gannon;
Cheryl Gilkes
John Bracey; Sonia Sanchez; Sharon
Harley;
Respondent, Bettye Collier-Thomas
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Convention Center Room
306
ASALH Annual Banquet
7:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Convention Center Ballroom
A , 4th Floor
SUNDAY, October 3, 2010
ASALH’s Ecumenical Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:30 am
Marriott State Ballroom ABC