Program Schedule

Morning/Afternoon (October 24, 2023) – Location: North Carolina Central University Student Center, Room 2320 ,10am-9pm

  • 9:15-10:00am – Registration Begins (walk-ins welcomed; all who pre-registered for lunch will receive a meal ticket)
  • 10-10:20 am – Opening Remarks
  • 10:30-11:50 am – Panel: “Durham/Duke/NCCU and Scholarship in the Jim Crow South” –
    • Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (Harvard University)
    • Mr. Andre D. Vann Jr. (North Carolina Central University)
    • Dr. William Darity Jr. (Duke University)
    • Dr. Lydia Lindsey (North Carolina Central University)
    • Dr. Jim C. Harper, II (North Carolina Central University)
  • Noon-1:15 pm – Lunch (provided w/registration)
  • 1:15-2:30 pm – Panel: “New Black Histories (Building on From Slavery to Freedom)” –
    • Dr. David Jackson (North Carolina Central University)
    • Dr. Jarvis R. Givens (Harvard University)
    • Dr. Maurice Hobson (Georgia Southern University)
    • Dr. Marcus Nevius (University of Missouri)
    • Dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar (Rutgers University)
  • 2:45-4:00 pm – Panel: “From Slavery to Freedom in Public History” –
    • Dr. Elizabeth Clark-Lewis (Howard University)
    • Mr. Andre D. Vann Jr. (North Carolina Central University)
    • Dr. Charles Johnson (North Carolina Central University)
    • Mrs. Shakia Gullette-Warren (Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia)
    • Ms. Sonja Woods (Howard University)
    • Mr. Michael Morris (Two Mississippi Museums)

Evening Reception/Panel (October 24, 2023) – Location: North Carolina Central University, H.M. Michaux Jr. School of Education Building, 700 Nelson Street, Durham, NC 27707

  • 6:30-7:30 pm – Evening Reception (H.M. Michaux Jr. School of Education Building, 1st and 2nd Floor)
  • 7:30-9:00 pm – (H.M. Michaux Jr. School of Education Building Auditorium, 2nd Floor) Panel: “Reflections on John Hope Franklin, Mentor, Teacher, Scholar” –
    • Dr. William H. Chafe (Duke University)
    • Dr. Freddie Parker (North Carolina Central University)
    • Dr. Genna Rae McNeil (UNC-Chapel Hill)
    • Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (Harvard University)
    • Mrs. Karen Roberts Franklin (Franklin Global LLC)
    • Mr. John W. Franklin (Smithsonian, Franklin Global LLC)

All-Day (October 25, 2023) – Location: Duke University, Gothic Reading Room, Rubenstein Library 9am-7pm

  • 8:15-9:00 am – Registration Begins (walk-ins welcomed; all who pre-registered for lunch will receive a meal ticket)
  • 9:00-9:30 am – Remarks
  • 9:30-10:15 am – Symposium Keynote – Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (Harvard University)
  • 10:30-noon – Panel: “Durham/Duke/NCCU and Scholarship in the Jim Crow South” –
    • Dr. Robert Korstad (Duke University)
    • Dr. Brandon K Winford (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
    • Dr. Adriane Lentz Smith (Duke University)
    • Dr. Mark Anthony Neal (Duke University)
  • Noon-1:15 pm – Lunch (provided w/registration)
  • 1:30-3:00 pm – Panel: “Black Women Histories” –
    • Dr. Nell Irvin Painter (Princeton University)
    • Dr. Crystal R. Sanders (Emory University)
    • Ms. Tracey Burns (North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources)
    • Dr. Jasmine Nichole Cobb (Duke University)
  • 3:00-4:30 pm – Panel: “John Hope Franklin – International Legacies” –
    • Dr. Sherwin K Bryant (Northwestern University)
    • Mr. John W. Franklin (Smithsonian, Franklin Global LLC)
    • Dr. Nishani Frazier (North Carolina State University)
    • Dr. Nick Witham (University College of London-Institute of the Americas)
    • Mr. Thomas Cryer (University College of London-Institute of the Americas)
  • 4:30-6:00 pm – Panel: “The Importance of Teaching African American History Today”–
    • Dr. Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham (Harvard University)
    • Dr. Lisa Hill (Hamden Hall Country Day School, Hamden, Connecticut)
    • Mr. Julian K. Braxton (The Winsor School, Boston, MA)
    • Mrs. Rachel Collins (White Station High School, Memphis, TN)
  • 6:00-7:00 pm – Reception – Ahmadieh Family Commons, Rubenstein Library, 2nd Floor; From Slavery to Freedom Exhibit in the Michael and Karen Stone Family Gallery