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The 17th Annual Underground Railroad and Black History Conference: Digital Learning: Black History, Underground Railroad and Emancipation

    College of Liberal Arts

    Please join the Department of Africology and African American Studies for the The 17th Annual Underground Railroad and Black History Conference titled Digital Learning: Black History, Underground Railroad and Emancipation. 

    Keynote Address by MK Asante "While Black: Black History in the Digital Age"

    Welcome Remarks: 
    Dr. Molefi Kete Asante; Chairperson, Africology Department
    Dr. Anadolu-Okur; Director of Undergraduate Studies, Africology Department
    Dr. A. Waskie; Former College of Liberal Arts Professor
    Ms. Latanya Jenkins; Reference Librarian, TU Libraries
    Performance by Millicent Sparks as Harriet Tubman

    Speaker: Dr. Cheryl Gooch, "Hinsonville’s Heroes, Agents of Emancipation and Civil Rights"

    Panelists:

    • Timothy Welbeck, Esq., Panel Chair
    • MK Asante; Author, Filmmaker, Recording Artist, and Professor
    • Dr. Cheryl Gooch, Author
    • Layla Jones; WHYY Reporter
    • Ms. Latanya Jenkins; Reference Librarian, TU Libraries
    • Lincoln University students

    Presented by the Africology and African American Studies Department along with TU Libraries and the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection

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    Created By: College of Liberal Arts, Africology and African American Studies
    Sponsors: Temple Libraries // Department of Africology and African American Studies // Temple University Libraries’ Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
    Open To: Public
    Intended Audience: Open to all
    Type: Conference
    Tags: Underground Railroad // digital // Emancipation

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