“FLIGHT FOR FREEDOM, FIGHT FOR FREEDOM”

SECOND ANNUAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND BLACK HISTORY CONFERENCE

 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2005

 

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

MAIN CAMPUS

RITTER HALL ANNEX

KIVA AUDITORIUM

 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

 

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

 

 

“FLIGHT FOR FREEDOM, FIGHT FOR FREEDOM”

SECOND ANNUAL UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND BLACK HISTORY CONFERENCE

 

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2005

 

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

MAIN CAMPUS

RITTER HALL ANNEX

KIVA AUDITORIUM

 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

Program

 

8:00-8:30 Registration

African Drum Ceremony – Daud Watts

8:30- Welcome & Opening Remarks by 

Dr.Susan Herbst, Dean, CLA; Dr. Abu Abarry, AAS 

Dr. Ella Forbes, AAS; Dr. Liz Varon, History Dept.

 

9:00- 1^st Session: Joe Becton,”Underground Railroad in Philadelphia”

 

10:00-10:15 Break

 

10:15- 2nd Session: Ethan Petit, “William L.Garrison: An Abolitionist”

 

11:15- Break

 

11:15- 3rd Session: Fred Minus “Why Would a Black Want to 

Join the Army?

 

12:15- Lunch & Film: “Philadelphia’s Forgotten Hero: Octavius V.Catto”

Sarah Poindexter, Scribe Video

 

1:30-2:15 4th Session: John Logan "Searching out your roots:

Finding your Civil War Era Ancestor"?

 

2:15-3:00 5th Session: Peter Lemon “Northern Terminus”

 

3:00-4:00 6th Session: Panel: “Preservation of Black Historic 

Sites: Johnson House, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 

Lady Farm, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Sellers Hall, Upper 

Darby, Pennsylvania” 

Panel Chair: Dr. Edward Wonkeryor

Panelists: Kathi Schue, Craig Caba (GBPA); Robert Seeley and 

Deacon Charlie Amen (Sellers Hall); David Young (Johnson 

House)

Moderator: Dr. Andy Waskie

 

4:00- Closing Remarks/Evaluation

Coordinators: Dr. Nilgun Anadolu-Okur

                        215-204-8513

                        nilgun.anadolu-okur@templeedu

                       Dr. Anthony Waskie

                       215-204-5452

                       andy.waskie@temple.edu

                      Dr. Edward  Wonkeryor

                      lama@temple.edu

C0-Sponsors: Temple University; African-American Studies; Gen. Meade Society of Philadelphia; Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association; Civil War & More Books; Civil War & Underground RR Museum of Philadelphia; Law Firm of Zarwin, Baum, Devito, Kaplan.