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SONS & DAUGHTERS OF THE UNITED STATES MIDDLE PASSAGE
2024 8TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Friday, June 7, 2024
Visit the 2024 Conference Website
Visit the Ancestor Poster Room to hear presentation about found ancestors.
Learn about our sponsors in their virtual booths
Get links to the Annual Awards Ceremony and Conference
6:00PM
Processional
All members of the Sons & Daughters of the United States Middle Passage
Master of Ceremony
Abasi Aniton, Sons & Daughters of the United States Middle Passage Board Member
Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing
Recording from G. Preston Wilson, Assistant Professor at Rider University
Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Evelyn McDowell, President and Chair of the Board of Directors
Keynote Address
Stephanie Gilbert
Robert Burch, Member of Sons & Daughters of United States Middle Passage
Historical-Event (Nonfiction)
The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church by Rachel L.Swarns
Florida’s Negro War: Black Seminoles and the Second Seminole War 1835-1842 by Anthony E. Dixon
Historical-Era, Historical-Memoirs, Biographies, Nonfiction
Say Anarcha: A Young Woman, A Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women’s Health by J. C. Hallman
Historical-Memoirs, Biographies, Nonfiction
My Lord, He Calls Me: Stories of Faith by Black Americans Latter-Day Saints by Alice Faulkner Burch (Editor)
Historical-Genealogical Research, Nonfiction
My Best Genealogy Tips: Finding Formerly Enslaved Ancestors by Robin Foster
Children’s Fiction (Ages 0-17)
Where Did We Come From: The Birth of Black America by Dr. Marion T. Lane
Historical-Family Stories
At the Feet of Elders: A Journey into a Lowcountry Family History by Darius Brown
You Promised to Do No Harm: A True Story of Love, Loss, and the Horror of Healthcare Disparity for One African-American Family by Jonnie Ramsey Brown
Majorie Fort-Dees
Certificates of Special Recognition
Dante Eubanks, Genealogy Blogger
Orice Jenkins, Recording Artist, Genealogist and Author
Chairperson’s Award
Jonnie Ramsey Brown, Awarding-winning Author & Family Historian
William Wells Brown Leadership Award
Kathy Lynne Marshall, Author
Ida B. Wells Leadership Award
Dr. Antoinette Harrell, Historian, Genealogist, & Civil Rights Activist
Solomon Northup Service Award
Renate Yarborough Sanders, Genealogy Blogger
Crispus Attucks Leadership Award
Charles F. Holman, III
Harriet Tubman Leadership Award
Debbie-Ann Paige, Historian
Frederick Douglass Leadership Award
LaJoy Mosby, National President of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc
Virtual After Party
Evening with fun, immediately following the awards ceremony.
Cocktail Hour
Chef Keesha O’Galdez
SONS & DAUGHTERS OF THE UNITED STATES MIDDLE PASSAGE
2024 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Saturday, June 8, 2024
8:30AM Doors Open
Remembrance Ceremony
Khadijah Matin
Welcome
Dr. Evelyn McDowell, President and Chair of the Board
Plenary Session
You are the Legacy of Your Ancestors, Christian Joy Maiden
Break
Ancestors Who Lost Their Indigenous Roots by Faulty Documentation and Deliberate Acts, Gigi Best-Richardson live (virtual)
The Story of Betsy Grant: A Fight for Freedom, Land, Education, and Love, Orice Jenkins, live (virtual)
10 Million Names Project, Cynthia Evans, live (virtual)
Stephanie Gilbert
Lunch cook-a-long with Chef Keesha O’Galdez
Freedom Seekers of the Underground Railroad, Kathyrn Puckett, live (virtual)
Resistance Through the Underground Railroad – My Ancestral Connections and Their Interactions With Freedom Seekers, Janice Gilyard, live (virtual)
Exploring the Epigenetic Impact of American Slavery on Black Maternal Health and/or Fertility, Shar Goolsby, pre-recorded w/ live Q&A
Break 2:30PM – 2:45PM
They Sued Standard Oil — And Won!, Janice M. Sellers, live (virtual)
Joinning Sons & Daughters: Join Our Lineage Society, Jonnie Ramsey Brown, pre-recorded w/ live Q&A
Affirmations of Black Loyalists, Allister J. Barton, pre-recorded w/ live Q&A
Closing Remarks
3:45PM – 4:00PM
Business Meeting for Members of SDUSMP
4:15PM – 5:00PM