African-American Genealogy Forum -- Free & Open to the Public!
This exciting forum will be held at the North Carolina Museum of HistoryTuesday, May 12, 2009
9:30 AM
Free and open to the public.
The African-American forum, to be held in conjunction with the 2009 NGS Family History Conference, will feature presentations by:
- Dr. John Quinly Williams, agricultural scientist and author of the forthcoming publication, God, Guts, and Game—Survival of Three African American Families: 1747–2000
- Dr. Barnetta White McGhee, author of Somebody Knows My Name (in photo)
- Dorothy Spruill Redford, retired curator, Somerset Place and author of the 1986 publication, Somerset Homecoming
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and the Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University. Professor Gates wrote and produced the PBS documentary, African American Lives, the first documentary series to employ genealogy and genetic science to provide an understanding of African American history. His latest production, Looking for Lincoln, will air in February 2009.
A panel discussion will feature the four speakers as well as another special guest, Bill Haley, son of Alex Haley, of Roots fame.
(Somerset Plantation)
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UPDATE! African American Genealogy Forum
There have been several changes to the African American Genealogy Forum on Tuesday, 12 May 2009 at the North Carolina Museum of History. Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Dorothy Spruill Redford will be unable to attend. The revised program and scheduled times of each presentation are provided below. This pre-conference program is free but requires advance registration due to limited space. Please register by 4 May 2009 at http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/free_events.
The African American Genealogy Forum offered by the North Carolina Museum of History, 5 East Edenton Street, Raleigh, North Carolina, is scheduled as follows:
9:00 am - Dr. John Quinly Williams, agricultural scientist and author of the forthcoming publication, "God, Guts, and Game—Survival of Three African American Families: 1747-2000"
10:30 am - Mr. Earl L. Ijames, “Colored Confederates and United States Colored Troops”
12:00 pm – Lunch on your own
1:00 pm - Dr. Barnetta McGhee White, author of "Somebody Knows My Name," will speak on “Diggin’ for Roots”
2:30 pm – Mr. William Haley, son of Alex Haley of "Roots" fame, will speak on “Roots in North Carolina, 1840-1875”
3:45 pm – Panel Discussion with the above presenters
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