Join us for the 16th Annual Underground Railroad & Black History Conference. 

- 10 - 10:45 a.m.  Registration 

- 10:50 a.m.  Opening Remarks by Dr. Molefi K. Asante, Chair, DAAAS

- 11:00 a.m.  Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter, Chair of the department of African American Studies at UCLA: "The Philadelphia story: Du Bois, Cecil b. Moore and History"

- 1:15 p.m  Dr. Valerie Harrison, "Funding Education for Black Philadelphia: History and Race"

- 2:30 p.m.  Mr. Jordan Denson, M.A. “Ashmun Institute: The First Historically Black College/University and Its Convoluted Beginnings.”

- 3:45 p.m.  Panel: Professor Timothy Welbeck, Esq. “Present State of Black Education in Philadelphia.” Participants: Dr. M. A. Hunter, Dr. Valerie Harrison, Mr. Jordan Denson

- 4:30 p.m.  Closing Remarks