Schedule
Thursday, March 23, 2023
African American History Research Center, Gregory Campus
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | REGISTRATION |
| 12:30 - 12:45 p.m. | WELCOME |
| 12:45 - 1:45 p.m. | PANEL | Looking Back: Black Houston(s) at the turn of the Century Alicia Costello | “Learning’s Pleasant Seat": The Birth, Life, and Death of Houston’s Colored Carnegie Library Dr. Lindsay Gary | Creating The New Red Book Dr. Bernadette Pruitt | African American Women in the Houston Workforce; African American Women Seek Welfare Assistance: A Dual Determination to Survive Both the Great Depression and Systemic Racism |
| 2:15 - 3:15 p.m. | PANEL | Activism Across Black Houston(s) Jessica L. Bray | To Witness: Cell Phone Cameras and Racial Injustice Accountability Obinna Dennar | The People’s Party II in Houston: Revolution on the Bayou Dr. Wesley G. Phelps | Black Voting Rights, Economic Justice, and the Struggle for Democracy in Houston |
| 3:45 - 4:30 p.m. | PANEL | The History of African Americans in Sugar Land, and how the Convict Leasing system built Fort Bend County Debra McGaughey, Vice President, the Society of Justice & Equality for the People of Sugar Land (S.O.J.E.S.) Ursela Knox, Board Member, the Society of Justice & Equality for the People of Sugar Land (S.O.J.E.S.) |
| 4:45 - 5:45 p.m. | PRESENTATION | DEI Hack-a-Thon |
| 6 - 7 p.m. | PANEL | Black Houstonians and Rice: Two Histories Dr. Alex Byrd | Sitting with Velma McAfee Williams Dr. Caleb McDaniel | Searching for Jack Shelton Moderators Drs. Karen L. Kossie-Chernyshev & Bernadette Pruitt |
| 7 p.m. | DISMISSAL |
Friday, March 24, 2023
Kyle Morrow Room, Fondren Library, Rice University or Humanities Building, Room 117 (When noted as HUM 117)
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 10 - 11 a.m. | CHECK-IN |
| 11 - 11:30 a.m. | WELCOME & BOXED LUNCH |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | KEYNOTE | Dr. Jonathan Chism, Assistant Professor of History and Associate Director for the Center for Critical Race Studies at the University of Houston-Downtown Dr. Melanye Price, Endowed Professor of Political Science at Prairie View A&M University and principal investigator for their African American Studies Initiative |
| 12:45 - 1:45 p.m. | ROUNDTABLE | Ancestors & Memory April M. Frazier | My Frame of Reference: A Reflection of Inherent Connection and Progress in Houston Felicia Johnson, Earthea Nance, Viktor le Givens | Beyond Concrete: Red clay Routes and Roots |
| 2 - 3 p.m. | ROUNDTABLE | Rethinking Black Houston(s) [ HUM 117 ] Zainab Abdali, Hassan Henderson-Lott, Chaney Hill, Taylin Nelson, Megan Oakes | Black Histories Lab Emily Vinson | This Is Our Home, It Is Not For Sale: forming and transforming Houston’s Riverside Terrace PANEL | AI: A Tool for Social & Economic Parity? Marcus Bowers, Tiffany Sams, Don Williams |
| 3:20 - 4:50 p.m. | PANEL | An HBCU Legacy: Art, Archives, and Digital Humanities at Texas Southern’s University Museum Raymond Burgos, Analisa Esther, Kaylene McCoy-Mosley, Tatyana Neal, Rita Reyes, Ben Schachter, Dr. Alvia J. Wardlaw PANEL | Connecting and Dividing: Houston Highways in Black Neighborhoods [ HUM 117 ] Josué Alvarenga | Historical Geographical Analysis of Interstate 10’s Effect on Fifth Ward Ben Baker-Katz | The area formerly known as Freedman’s Town: How freeway development helped destroy Houston’s first Black neighborhood Hyeyoung Doh | Impact of the Highway System on Black Houston through Housing Prices - The Case of Riverside Terrace and Texas State Highway 288 Matt Drwenski | "A Valuable Tool": Highways, Segregation, and Displacement Samuel Lee | The Impact of Highway Development on the Historic Black Neighborhood of Independence Heights Indrani Maitra | For decades, highways have been a deeply entrenched element of the urban physiology of Houston |
| 4:50 - 5 p.m. | CLOSING REMARK |
| 5:30 - 7 p.m. | CLOSING RECEPTION |
