Thursday, September 24, 2015

The Scholarship, Activism, and Institutional Work of V.P. Franklin

 

This plenary explores the scholarship, activism, and institutional work of V.P. Franklin during the last three decades of the twentieth century and the first two decades of the twenty-first century. Illuminating the interdisciplinary nature of Professor Franklin’s scholarship, panelists will examine his influence across a multiplicity of fields and disciplines, which include African American history and studies, the history education, intellectual history, and civil rights studies, to name a few. Panelists will also offer personal testimonies of Professor Franklin’s institutional work and activism in ASALH and other organizations, his mentorship of historians and scholars across disciplines, and his extraordinary editorship of the Journal of African American History. 

	Derrick P. Alridge (Chair)
	Mary Frances Berry
	Bettye Collier-Thomas
	James B. Stewart
	Pero Dagbovie
	Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua

 

Friday, September 25, 2015

"'Who Stole the Soul?': Black Music and the Struggle for Empowerment in the Twentieth Century.'"

	Fanon Che Wilkins (Chair)
	Michelle Scott “Holding on to Dollars Til them Eagles Grin”: The Battle for Economic Ownership and Authenticity in Black Early Vaudeville Theater, 1900-1929"
	Scot Brown "'Thank You for Talking To Me Africa:' SOLAR Records and the Quest for Pan-African Economic Cooperation."
	Portia Maultsby "'Everybody Wants to Sing My Blues, Nobody Wants to Live My Blues': Deconstructing Narratives of Race, Culture and Power in Black Music Scholarship'."
	Al Bell '"Who Stole the Soul?': Music and Black Empowerment in the 1970s - A Personal Narrative."

 

 

Saturday, September 26, 2015

Give Light and People Will Find the Way: The Future of the Field of Black Women's Studies

	Natanya Duncan (Chair) Morgan State University
	Farah Griffin Columbia University
	Faye V. Harrison University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
	Carol Boyce Davies Cornell University
	Alondra Nelson Columbia University
	Jessica Marie Johnson Michigan State University
	Tiffany Gill University of Delaware

Speaker Name	Organization	Session
Adams John Hurst		Saturday Centennial Banquet 2015 Guest Speaker Susan Taylor
Akinsegun Osuntinibu		Thursday Luncheon 2015 featuring Sonia Sanchez
Alexander Blayne	WXIA-TV	Saturday Centennial Banquet 2015 Guest Speaker Susan Taylor
Aman Peter		Friday Carter G. Woodson Luncheon 2015 - Lonnie Bunch Featured Speaker
Austin Stanley		Thursday Luncheon 2015 featuring Sonia Sanchez
Bailey Dorothy F.	PG County Truth Branch of ASALH	Saturday Centennial Banquet 2015 Guest Speaker Susan Taylor
Bibbs Charles	Art Publishing and Distribution by Charles Bibbs	Saturday Centennial Banquet 2015 Guest Speaker Susan Taylor
Bracey Jr. John H.	University of Massachusetts - Amherst History Dept.	Thursday Luncheon 2015 featuring Sonia Sanchez
Branch Edward B.		Friday Carter G. Woodson Luncheon 2015 - Lonnie Bunch Featured Speaker
Brown Frank Cornelius	Concerned Black Clergy of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc	Saturday Blassingame Luncheon 2015 Keynote Speaker ASALH President Daryl M. Scott & LaVar Burton
Bruce Roger		Friday Carter G. Woodson Luncheon 2015 - Lonnie Bunch Featured Speaker
Bunch Lonnie G.	Smithsonian Institution	Friday Carter G. Woodson Luncheon 2015 - Lonnie Bunch Featured Speaker
Burton LeVar		Saturday Blassingame Luncheon 2015 Keynote Speaker ASALH President Daryl M. Scott & LaVar Burton
Carswell Angela	Positive Arts Movement	Saturday Centennial Banquet 2015 Guest Speaker Susan Taylor
Carter Lawrence Edward	Martin Luther King Jr International Chapel at Morehouse College	Saturday Blassingame Luncheon 2015 Keynote Speaker ASALH President Daryl M. Scott & LaVar Burton
Cochran Edwards Tiffany		Saturday Blassingame Luncheon 2015 Keynote Speaker ASALH President Daryl M. Scott & LaVar Burton
Cyrus Sylvia Y.	ASALH Membership Department	Friday Carter G. Woodson Luncheon 2015 - Lonnie Bunch Featured Speaker
Cyrus Sylvia Y.	ASALH Membership Department	Wednesday Opening Night Reception 2015 at the Atlanta History Center (transportation included)
Cyrus Sylvia Y.	ASALH Membership Department	Saturday Centennial Banquet 2015 Guest Speaker Susan Taylor
Cyrus Sylvia Y.	ASALH Membership Department	Sunday Centennial Ecumenical Breakfast 2015 Guest Speaker Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian
Edwards Artrisia	Wheat Street Baptist Church	Sunday Centennial Ecumenical Breakfast 2015 Guest Speaker Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian
Fischer Charles L.		Saturday Blassingame Luncheon 2015 Keynote Speaker ASALH President Daryl M. Scott & LaVar Burton
Flemming Sheila Y.	Blackrose Foundation for Children	Saturday Centennial Banquet 2015 Guest Speaker Susan Taylor
Franklin V.P.		Thursday Journal of African American History Centennial Volume Reception 2015
Guidry Carolyn Tyler		Sunday Centennial Ecumenical Breakfast 2015 Guest Speaker Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian
Hilliard Patsy Jo		Wednesday Opening Night Reception 2015 at the Atlanta History Center (transportation included)
Jones Ralph	Spelman College	Friday Carter G. Woodson Luncheon 2015 - Lonnie Bunch Featured Speaker
King Amina Suzanne		Saturday Centennial Banquet 2015 Guest Speaker Susan Taylor
Lewis Regina A.	Pikes Peak Community College	ThursdayTeachers Workshop 2015
Lomax Mark Ogunwale	1st Afrikan Church	Friday Carter G. Woodson Luncheon 2015 - Lonnie Bunch Featured Speaker
Madzimoyo Ayana	Shrine of the Black Madonna	Sunday Centennial Ecumenical Breakfast 2015 Guest Speaker Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian
Massenburg Moses	Atlanta Branch of ASALH	Saturday Centennial Banquet 2015 Guest Speaker Susan Taylor
McNeil Chesley		Friday Carter G. Woodson Luncheon 2015 - Lonnie Bunch Featured Speaker
Moore Alicia Lorraine	Collegial Consulting	ThursdayTeachers Workshop 2015
Neal La Vonne Isabelle		ThursdayTeachers Workshop 2015
Reed Kasim		Wednesday Opening Night Reception 2015 at the Atlanta History Center (transportation included)
Russell Ross Donata		Saturday Blassingame Luncheon 2015 Keynote Speaker ASALH President Daryl M. Scott & LaVar Burton
Sanchez Sonia B.		Thursday Luncheon 2015 featuring Sonia Sanchez
Scott Alexis	Center for Civil & Human Rights	Sunday Centennial Ecumenical Breakfast 2015 Guest Speaker Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian
Scott Daryl Michael	Godwin House Publishers	Saturday Blassingame Luncheon 2015 Keynote Speaker ASALH President Daryl M. Scott & LaVar Burton
Scott Daryl Michael	Godwin House Publishers	Saturday Centennial Banquet 2015 Guest Speaker Susan Taylor
Scott Daryl Michael	Godwin House Publishers	Thursday Luncheon 2015 featuring Sonia Sanchez
Simpson Cynne	Fox 5 News Atlanta	Thursday Luncheon 2015 featuring Sonia Sanchez
Sims-Wood Janet	Bethel Dukes Branch of ASALH	Saturday Centennial Banquet 2015 Guest Speaker Susan Taylor
Stanton Robert George		Thursday Luncheon 2015 featuring Sonia Sanchez
Taylor Susan L	National CARES Mentoring Movement	Saturday Centennial Banquet 2015 Guest Speaker Susan Taylor
Thomas Byron	Ben Hill United Methodist Church	Thursday Luncheon 2015 featuring Sonia Sanchez
Tiwalade Egbe		Thursday Luncheon 2015 featuring Sonia Sanchez
Tonga Desta	Wesley International Academy	Saturday Blassingame Luncheon 2015 Keynote Speaker ASALH President Daryl M. Scott & LaVar Burton
Umoja Akinyele	Georgia State University African American Studies	Saturday Centennial Banquet 2015 Guest Speaker Susan Taylor
Vivian C. T.	C.T. Vivian Leadership Insititute	Sunday Centennial Ecumenical Breakfast 2015 Guest Speaker Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian