'Plenary Session Speakers 97th Annual ASALH Conference ~ September 26-30, 2012'

Please join us at what promises to be another hugely successful conference this September 26-30 in celebration of the 2012 national Black history theme of "Black Women in American Culture and History". There, some of the most renowned scholars and artists will be presenting at the 97th Annual Conference plenary sessions. 

Thursday 9/27 

We Need Your Hurricane Voices

• Bernice Johnson Reagon, historian/activist
• Sonia Sanchez, poet/professor

Friday 9/28 

Mightier than the Sword: Conversations on the Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells-Barnett

• Mia Bay, Rutgers University
• Crystal Feimster, Yale University
• Paula J. Giddings, Smith College
• Barbara D. Savage, University of Pennsylvania.
• Patricia Schechter, Portland State University

Saturday 9/29

Changing the Odds for Others: 

The Legacy of Derrick Bell 

• Anita Allen, University of Pennsylvania Law
• Mary Frances Berry, University of Pennsylvania
• William Carter Jr.,  University of Pittsburgh Law
• Kimberle Crenshaw, UCLA & Columbia School of Law

For more information  CLICK HERE.

Registration is available now! Register online HERE.

See you in Pittsburgh!

Stephanie Evans

Academic Program Chair

Natanya Duncan

Cheryl Hicks

Academic Program, Co-Chairs