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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.
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- 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]
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- 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.
Kim and Reggie Harris
Management: VNI
303-814-1500
[email protected]
The 27th Annual Conference on Black History in Pennsylvania will take place
April 15-17, 2004 in Indiana, PA. National Political Correspondent Juan
Williams will deliver the keynote address at the event which is sponsored
by the PHMC, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the Indiana County Historical
Society, the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Federation
of Museums and Historical Organizations and others. For information contact
Karen James at (717) 783-9871 or [email protected].
Christopher Densmore, February 9, 2004
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