Association for African American Historical Research and Preservation (AAAHRP)
Second Annual Conference
Location: Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), 2700 - 24th Avenue East,
Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
Date: Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005
The AAAHRP Inaugural Conference, held on February 28, 2004, with its theme “Exploring the Expanse and Continuance of the African American Experience” was an unqualified success. Building on that success, the AAAHRP Second Annual Conference offered additional enlightening presentations and further discussion on this important subject. The theme, "Continuing the Exploration of the African American Experience," denotes AAAHRP’s commitment to recording and disseminating African American history. At the conference, AAAHRP succeeded in its goal to expand the dialogue established at its Inaugural Conference among scholars, historians, teachers, students, and the public. Metropolitan King County Councilmember Larry Gossett was the Honorary Conference Chair. and Seattle attorney Moni T. Law, the Keynote Speaker, gave a dynamic and highly interesting speech.
Seattle Attorney Moni T. Law
with U.S. Senator Barack Obama
(photo taken before election)
Attorney Moni T. Law was the Keynote Speaker at the AAAHRP 2nd Annual Conference held on February 5, 2005 in Seattle, Washington.
Conference Presenters
Dr. David Boers, Marian College, Fond du Lac, WI:
“Leader or Pawn: Booker T. Washington and the Tuskegee Idea”
Antoinette Broussard, Author, San Francisco, CA:
“Dr. Nettie J. Craig Asberry: The Militant Matron”
Esther Ervin, MFA, Preservation Consultant, Seattle, WA:
“Preservation and Restoration of Historical Documents and Photographs”
Ronald Fulton, Blues/Jazz Guitarist, Seattle, WA:
Solo: “Jazz Notes”
Dr. James N. Gregory, Trevor Griffey, and Brooke Clarke, University of Washington:
Panel: “Putting Local Civil Rights History Online: Exploring the Seattle Civil Rights Labor History Project.”
Janet Hauck, Archivist, Whitworth College, Spokane, WA:
“To Consider the Propriety of Organizing a Church: The Beginnings of Calvary Baptist Church of Spokane, Washington”
Lenard Howze, Buffalo Soldiers of Seattle, Seattle, WA:
“A Backward Glance” - Display and Presentation
Dr. Karen A. Johnson, Seattle, WA:
“Let Freedom Ring: Reconstructing, Restructuring, Revisiting and Redressing the Effects of Our American Past”
Dr. Kenneth Jolly, Saginaw Valley State University, Midland, MI:
“Black Nationalism at the Grassroots: A Case of Black Capitalism and Community Initiatives in a Midwest City”
Michelle Jones, MKJ Productions, Seattle, WA:
Documentary Film: “The Trailblazers: Celebration of African American Achievement”
Dr. Thabiti Lewis, Willamette University, Salem, OR:
"From Old School to New School: Historical Expectations and Hurdles in Sport"
Dr. Alfred Lawrence Lorenz, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA:
“Ralph W. Tyler: The Unknown Correspondent of World War I”
Kimberley Mangun, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR:
“Ambassador of Goodwill, Advocate for Justice: Journalist Beatrice Morrow Cannady’s Campaign for Race Relations in Oregon”
Dieudonne Mayi, Author, Seattle, WA:
“The Selling of Joseph: A Healing Message from History”
Dr. Babacar M’Baye, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA:
“The Representation of Africa in Recent Black Atlantic Studies”
Joy L. Payne, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX:
“Sojourn for Truth: African American Literature: A Link to America’s Cultural Identity”
Heather Pinson, Ohio University, The Plains, Ohio:
“Jazz as a Rhetorical Device in African American Culture”
Dr. Oneal Sandidge, National Bible College & Seminary, Fort Washington, MD:
“The African-American Sunday or Church School”
William Schroder, Author, Cousins of Color/Gloria Ysmael Adams, Seattle Public Schools:
Panel: “African Americans in the Philippine ‘Insurrection’ of 1899”
Dr. Mary-Antoinette Smith, Seattle University, Seattle, WA:
“On Teaching Contemporary African-American Literature in the Twenty-first Century”
Jake Sudderth and Ian Connors, Seattle, WA:
Seattle: A Documentary Film. “New Arrivals, New Voices”
Session Chairs:
Dr. Tunde Adeleke, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
Mike Barber, Seattle P-I, Seattle, Washington
Dr. David Boers, Marian College, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Dr. Stephanie Camp, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Julia Niebuhr Eulenberg, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Dr. James Gregory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Gary Idleburg, Snohomish County Planner, Everett, Washington
Dr. Quintard Taylor, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington