Christopher Densmore
UGRR news archive February 9, 2004

Events and News

URR NEWS: LECTURE IN WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 10 | CONFERENCE AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, FEBRUARY 13 | UNDERGROUND RAILROAD OPERA OPENS IN DELAWARE AND IN NEW YORK CITY | BLACK HISTORY CONFERENCE AT INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL 15-17, 2004

NATIONAL TRUST BLACK HISTORY MONTH LECTURE: DR. SPENCER CREW, NATIONAL UNDERGROUND FREEDOM CENTER TO SPEAK IN WASHINGTON, DC, FEBRUARY 10

Dr. Spencer Crew, Executive Director to the Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Washington, DC, will give the National Trust's annual Black History Month Lecture, on February 10, 2004, at 6:30, at True Reformer Building, 1200 U Street N.W., Washington. Admission is free, but reservations are required. For further information about the program and reservations, go to the National Trust's web site:

http://member.nationaltrust.org 

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD CONFERENCE AT TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, FEBRUARY 13, 2004

The Department of African-American Studies and the Charles Blockson Archives present their First Annual Underground Railroad Conference on the theme of "The U.S. Constitution, Civil Liberties and the Underground Railroad" on Friday, February 13, 2004, in the Main Campus Student Activities Center, Rooms 301/303 at Temple University. University parking is available at Cecil B. Moore and 11th Street. Mr. Charles Blockson will deliver the keynote address, "The Constitution and the Fugitive Slaves." There will also be presentations by G. Craig Caba, "Battle of Gettysburg, Anti-Slavery Movement and Thaddeus Stevens," George F. Nagle, "Kidnapping and Murder: How the Rachel Parker Case Galvanized Pennsylvania Popular Opinion Against the Fugitive Slave Law," Lama Workenyor and Daud M. Watts, "Fugitive Slave Laws and Victorious Consciousness," Roderick L. Lee and Cecelia Merkel, "GeospatialTools and Underground Railroad History," Christopher Densmore, "The Role of God's Law, Man's Law and Lawyers in Defending Self-Emancipated Freedom Seekers in Pennsylvania and New York, " and Andy Waskie, "Octavius V. Catto: Forgotten Philadelphia Black Hero of the Civil War & Civil Rights Struggle."
The conference begins at 8:45 and will be followed by a reception at 5:00.

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD OPERA TO BE PERFORMED IN DELAWARE AND NEW YORK CITY, FEBRUARY-MARCH 2004

[The following information is taken from a press release. Thanks to Paul Stewart for bringing this interesting event to our attention.]

KIM AND REGGIE HARRIS announce three performances of KIM'S OPERA! The UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE OPERA WORKSHOP directed by Patrick Evans will bring the music and story to life! Come to these premier workshop performances, February 22 and March 22. Your comments and questions will be welcomed at the conclusion of the shows.

FRIENDS OF FREEDOM: An Underground Railroad Story Opera for a Family Audience; Libretto by Kim R. Harris; Score by Kim R. Harris and Wm. Glenn Osborne

• WHEN: Sunday, February 22, 2004
  11:00 AM (Morning Worship Celebration)
• WHERE: Hanover Street Presbyterian Church
  1801 N. Jefferson Street
  At the corner of 18th Street and Baynard Boulevard
  Wilmington, DE. 19802
  (302) 658-5114
  www.hanoverchurch.org 
• This performance is free to the public. Seating is limited.

• WHEN: Sunday, February 22, 2004
  6:30 PM
• WHERE: University of Delaware, Campus
  Newark, Delaware 19716
• Bayard Sharp Hall,
  Delaware Avenue and Elkton Road, Newark.
  (A parking garage is nearby)
  Admission is $10, adults; $7, seniors; $3, students.
  Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance at the Trabant or Bob Carpenter box offices on the UD campus.
• www.udel.edu 
• Public Information Number: 302.831.2577 Media Contact: Tamara Smith 302.831.1527/ [email protected] 

• WHEN: Monday, March 22, 2004
  Noon
• WHERE: Union Theological Seminary
  James Chapel
  3041 Broadway (at 121 Street in Manhattan)
  New York, NY 10027
• www.uts.columbia.edu (inactive link)
• (212) 662-7100 ask for the Worship Office/Troy Messenger, Dir.
  This performance is free and open to the public.

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