2015 Louisiana Reconstruction Conference
The LPHF presents: “The Struggle to Learn and the Struggle Left Behind: The Battles for Education and the Preservation of Historic Sites,” its second in a series of public programs designed by the Forum to educate the public about the people, events
and landmarks associated with the era known as Reconstruction. The period of Reconstruction in Louisiana began immediately following Emancipation in 1865 and ended with the last Black Louisiana legislator holding office in 1895.
Conference Schedule
Friday, February 27, 2015
Opening Reception hosted at the New Orleans Public Library Main Branch, 219 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Music by “The Yisrael Trio”
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony and Panel Discussion: “Having Their Say” An award will be presented to Lt. Colonel Curtis J. Johnson, Ret., US Army, author of Glimpses of Black Life Along Bayou Lafourche: Brief Stories of How Black People Lived, Worked and Succeeded During Challenging Times. Awards will also be given to the Winners of the Annual Black History Essay Contest from among New Orleans students.
Panel Discussion – “Having Their Say” – Veteran educators and members of the History community to share their knowledge, experience and opinions about “The Struggle To Learn and The Struggle Left Behind”, Ms Janice Dickerson, (Board Member, Mt. Zion Baptist Association, Revilletown, Louisiana); Mrs. Kathe Hambrick-Jackson, (Founder-Director, River Road African American Museum, Donaldsonville, Louisiana); Lt. Colonel Curtis J. Johnson, Ret., US Army, (Author, Yorktown, Virginia); Mr. Jim Randels, (Executive Vice President of the United Teachers of New Orleans); Dr. Clyde C. Robertson, (Associate Professor of History, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama).
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Southern University at New Orleans Conference Center
6400 Press Drive, New Orleans
8:00 – 8:30 Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:30 – 9:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks
Mrs. Nicole Hobson Morris - Executive Director Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation
9:00 – 9:30 Robert Blake in Assumption Parish: From Cotton, Corn, and Cane to Leader in Paincourt Lane
Mrs. Millie Tanner Latham - Educator & Historian, New Orleans, Louisiana
9:30 – 10:00 The New Orleans Tribune and the Struggle for Public Education
Mr. Mark Roudané - Author & Historian, St. Paul, Minnesota
10:00 – 10:30 The Walkertown African American Historical Collection
Mrs. Diane Carter Coleman - Founder, New Orleans, Louisiana
10:30 – 10:45 Break 10:45 – 11:15 Resistance to Public School Resegregation: A Case Study of the Fillmore School in New Orleans in 1877
Ms. Mishio Yamanaka - Doctoral Candidate (History), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
11:15 – 11:45 African American Experience in St. James, Ascension, Assumption and Lafourche Parishes between 1875 – 1975
11:45 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 Learning to Be Free: Educating the Formerly Enslaved During and Immediately Following the American Civil War
Ms. Constance Milton - Public Historian, Lafayette, Louisiana
1:30 – 2:00 Reconstructing History: Culling Information on Our Sacred Spaces and Endangered Places
Mr. Jari C. Honora - Historian & Genealogist , New Orleans, Louisiana
2:00 – 2:30 Heroes Etched in Stone
Mr. Leon A. Waters – Chairman, Louisiana Museum of African American History, New Orleans, Louisiana
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 3:15 St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, Square No. 3: Paradox and Possibility in an African American Heritage Site
Dr. Michael Batterman - Historian & Tour Guide New Orleans, Louisiana
3:15 – 3:45 Revisiting the New Orleans Public Schools Africana & Multicultural Studies Department (1993-2005)
Dr. Clyde C. Robertson - Associate Professor of History, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama
3:45 – 4:15 Closing Remarks & Acknowledgements
Mr. Jari C. Honora - Conference Chair
Opening Reception hosted at the New Orleans Public Library Main Branch, 219 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans
6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Music by “The Yisrael Trio”
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony and Panel Discussion: “Having Their Say” An award will be presented to Lt. Colonel Curtis J. Johnson, Ret., US Army, author of Glimpses of Black Life Along Bayou Lafourche: Brief Stories of How Black People Lived, Worked and Succeeded During Challenging Times. Awards will also be given to the Winners of the Annual Black History Essay Contest from among New Orleans students.
Panel Discussion – “Having Their Say” – Veteran educators and members of the History community to share their knowledge, experience and opinions about “The Struggle To Learn and The Struggle Left Behind”, Ms Janice Dickerson, (Board Member, Mt. Zion Baptist Association, Revilletown, Louisiana); Mrs. Kathe Hambrick-Jackson, (Founder-Director, River Road African American Museum, Donaldsonville, Louisiana); Lt. Colonel Curtis J. Johnson, Ret., US Army, (Author, Yorktown, Virginia); Mr. Jim Randels, (Executive Vice President of the United Teachers of New Orleans); Dr. Clyde C. Robertson, (Associate Professor of History, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama).
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Southern University at New Orleans Conference Center
6400 Press Drive, New Orleans
8:00 – 8:30 Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:30 – 9:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks
Mrs. Nicole Hobson Morris - Executive Director Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation
9:00 – 9:30 Robert Blake in Assumption Parish: From Cotton, Corn, and Cane to Leader in Paincourt Lane
Mrs. Millie Tanner Latham - Educator & Historian, New Orleans, Louisiana
9:30 – 10:00 The New Orleans Tribune and the Struggle for Public Education
Mr. Mark Roudané - Author & Historian, St. Paul, Minnesota
10:00 – 10:30 The Walkertown African American Historical Collection
Mrs. Diane Carter Coleman - Founder, New Orleans, Louisiana
10:30 – 10:45 Break 10:45 – 11:15 Resistance to Public School Resegregation: A Case Study of the Fillmore School in New Orleans in 1877
Ms. Mishio Yamanaka - Doctoral Candidate (History), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
11:15 – 11:45 African American Experience in St. James, Ascension, Assumption and Lafourche Parishes between 1875 – 1975
11:45 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 1:30 Learning to Be Free: Educating the Formerly Enslaved During and Immediately Following the American Civil War
Ms. Constance Milton - Public Historian, Lafayette, Louisiana
1:30 – 2:00 Reconstructing History: Culling Information on Our Sacred Spaces and Endangered Places
Mr. Jari C. Honora - Historian & Genealogist , New Orleans, Louisiana
2:00 – 2:30 Heroes Etched in Stone
Mr. Leon A. Waters – Chairman, Louisiana Museum of African American History, New Orleans, Louisiana
2:30 – 2:45 Break
2:45 – 3:15 St. Louis Cemetery No. 2, Square No. 3: Paradox and Possibility in an African American Heritage Site
Dr. Michael Batterman - Historian & Tour Guide New Orleans, Louisiana
3:15 – 3:45 Revisiting the New Orleans Public Schools Africana & Multicultural Studies Department (1993-2005)
Dr. Clyde C. Robertson - Associate Professor of History, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama
3:45 – 4:15 Closing Remarks & Acknowledgements
Mr. Jari C. Honora - Conference Chair