>The Texas Emancipation Juneteenth Cultural and Historical Commission >(Juneteenth Commission) >Presents: > >History Symposium >Juneteenth: Origins and Significance > >Reception >6:30p.m. - 8:30 p.m. >December 10th, 1998 >Doubletree Guest Suites >Houston I & II, 2nd Floor Ballroom >303 W. 15th Street >Austin, Texas >(512) 478.7000 >(800) 222.8733 > >Symposium >10:00a.m. - 12 p.m. >December 11th, 1998 >Texas Capitol Building >Room E.1004 >1400 N. Congress >Austin, Texas >Free State Parking Garage: >15th & San Jacinto Street > >You're Invited to Attend! > >The Juneteenth Commission will convene a panel of renown scholars to >discuss the issues of Juneteenth. The purpose of this discussion is to get >the pulse of scholarly thought on the topic, to stimulate dialogue on the >issues of Juneteenth, and to educate Juneteenth Commission Members and >public on the subject. > >In addition, the resultant information will be used to alert the public to >the need for preservation of state historic properties associated with >Juneteenth as well as recommendations for other monuments and markers. > >For additional information, call (512) 463-0518 or 1(800) 322-0447. > >Symposium and Reception Free to the Public. > >SYMPOSIUM PANELISTS: >Alwyn Barr, PhD >Texas Tech University & Author: Black Texans: A History of African >Americans in Texas, 1528-1995 and Black Leaders: Texans for Their Times > >June Brewer, PhD >Huston-Tillotson College > >Hunter Brooks, PhD >Texas Southern University > >Merline Pitre, PhD >Texas Southern University & Author: Through Many Dangers, Toils, and >Snares: The Black Leadership of Texas, 1868-1900 > >Amilcar Shabazz, PhD >University of Alabama & Diss: The Opening of the Southern Mind: The >Desegregation of Higher Education in Texas, 1865-1965 > >William H. Wiggins, Jr., PhD >Indiana University & Author: Jubilation and O'Freedom > >Ruthe Winegarten >Author: Black Texas Women: 150 Years of Trial and Triumph and Brave Black >Women: From Slavery to the Space Shuttle > >Howard Jones, PhD >Prairie View University > >______________________________________________________________________ >The Texas Emancipation Juneteenth Cultural and Historical Commission >(Juneteenth Commission) was created by House Bill 1216, sponsored by Rep. >Al Edwards, 75th Legislature, to coordinate state and local activities >relating to the cultural and historical celebration of Juneteenth and to >establish a Juneteenth memorial monument. >______________________________________________________________________ >Pansy L. Vore >tambe@io.com >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- African Ancestored Genealogy Discussion >- To unsubscribe, email: Majordomo@MsState.Edu >- In body of message: unsubscribe afrigeneas >- >- Afrigeneas archives: http://www.msstate.edu/listarchives/afrigeneas/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >