Author Events:
Public Lecture on Harriet Tubman, Reginald Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture, August 26, 2005.
National Park Service Public Forum on the Underground Railroad in the U.S. and Canada. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) conference, Buffalo, NY. Oct. 5-9.
Public presentation on Harriet Tubman, Harriet Tubman – Fanny Lou Hamer tribute, sponsored by the New Jersey Historical Commission in commemoration of the tenure of Secretary of State Regina Thomas. October 15, Cape May; October 22, Camden, NJ. 2005.
February 26, 2006. San Francisco. Museum of the African Diaspora. Host artist/writer talk with Marcus Shelby in Salon. 2-4 pm.
March 16, 2006. Alexandria, VA, Civil War Roundtable. 7:30 pm. Fort Ward Museum, 4301 W. Braddock Rd., Alexandria, VA. For more information call 703-250-7026.
March 21, 2006. Delaware State University, Dover, DE. "Harriet Tubman: Feminist and Woman's Rights Advocate," 11-12, MLK Student Center, Glass Lounge; and 6:30-8:00 pm, MNBA 309. SPonsored by College of Humanities and Social Sciences Black Studies.
Paper, “The New Narrative of Harriet Tubman: Problems with Telling the Stories of Slavery and Emancipation in a Southern Community,” Organization of American Historians, panel discussion, “Retelling a National Story: The Underground Railroad in Public and Academic History.” Annual Meeting, Hilton Washington, Washington, DC. April 20, 2006, 2-3:30 pm.
June 9-12, 2006. Borderlands IV Conference, Institute for Freedom Studies, University of Kentucky.
Check C-SPAN BOOK-TV for upcoming broadcasts of KATE CLIFFFORD LARSON talking about HARRIET TUBMAN's life, and the research and writing of BOUND FOR THE PROMISED LAND: HARRIET TUBMAN, PORTRAIT OF AN AMERICAN HERO. Filmed on February 8, 2005, at the Newberry Library in Chicago.
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