ASALH: '2013 National Underground Railroad Conference, June 19-22 in Little Rock, Arkansas'

Sylvia Y. Cyrus:

Don't forget to register for the 2013 National UGRR Conference, June 19-22 in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Inc. (ASALH) is proud to partner with the National Park Service Network to Freedom to convene the conference.

The theme for this year's conference is The War for Freedom: The Underground Railroad during the Civil War. The conference will commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, as well as the 15th Anniversary of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The four-day conference will include renowned speakers, panel discussions, an exhibit hall, and tours of state and local museums and historic sites in Little Rock, Pine Bluff, and Helena.

This year's keynotes are:

• James Downs, PhD, Associate Professor of History at Connecticut College
• Thavolia Glymph, PhD, Associate Professor of African and African American History at Duke University
• Matthew Pinsker, PhD, Pohanka Chair of Civil War History at Dickinson College

The conference will be hosted at the Doubletree-Downtown located at 424 W. Markham St., Little Rock, Arkansas 72201. To view more about the conference or to register go to http://www.asalh.net/ugrr.html.

  

Also, don't forget to make your hotel reservations by May 31st to get this great conference rate. Please call the hotel directly at 501-372-4371 or central reservations at 800-222-TREE. To receive the conference rate of $86, please use group rate code: "URC."

We look forward to seeing you there!

Sincerely,

Sylvia Y. Cyrus

Executive Director