WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2019
A People Moving: How the National Park Service and Preservationists Tell the Story of Black Migrations
Alan Spears, Moderator
Cultural Resources Director, NPCA
Brent Leggs, Panelist
Executive Director of the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund of the Trust for Historic Preservation
Stephanie Deutsch, Panelist
Author of the book “You Need a Schoolhouse: Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald and the Building of Schools for the Segregated South.”
Enimini Ekong, Panelist
Superintendent of Nicodemus National Historic Site (KS)
John W. Franklin, Panelist
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution (retired)
Déanda Johnson,Panelist
Midwest Regional Manager of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program (NPS)
Ajena Rogers, Panelist
Supervisory Park Ranger at Maggie Walker National Historic Site (VA)
Madeleine Starkey, Greeter
Senior Executive Assistant – National Parks Conservation Association
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2019
Moving, Marching and Making the Beat: A Century of African American Migrations
Lionel Kimble, Moderator
Chicago State University
Joe Trotter, Panelist
Carnegie Mellon University
Farah Jasmine Griffin, Panelist
Columbia University
Crystal Sanders, Panelist
Penn State University
Maurice Hobson, Panelist
Georgia State University
Myiti Sengstack Rice, Panelist
Chairwoman, Robert Sengstack Abbott Foundation
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FRIDAY LUNCHEON, OCTOBER 4, 2019
Bible Study (The Story of the Mother Emanuel AME Massacre in Charleston, SC)
Councilman William Dudley Gregorie, Moderator
(family member of two victims)
Rev. Eric S.C. Manning, Panelist
Pastor, Mother Emanuel AMEC
Rev. Anthony Thompson , Panelist
(husband of one of the victims)
Polly Sheppard, Panelist
(one of the adult survivors)
Rev. Dr. Brenda Nelson, Panelist
Ministerial Staff 2015-2019
Mother Emanuel AMEC
Mr. Melvin Graham, Panelist
(brother of one of the victims)
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2019
400 Years of Perseverance: The 1619 Arrival and Legacy of “20 and Odd Negroes” Plenary Session
Gloria Browne-Marshall, Moderator
Author and Professor of Constitutional Law at John Jay College (CUNY)
Congressman James E. Clyburn, Panelist
6th District, South Carolina
Vlademiro Fortuna, Panelist
Director of the National Slavery Museum, Angola
Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander, Panelist
Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Professor of History, Norfolk University
Dr. Brenda E. Stevenson, Panelist
Nickoll Family Inaugural Endowed Chair, Departments of History and African American Studies, UCLA
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