Friday, April 8, 2022
Dinner and Opening Reception for Conference Participants – 5:00/6:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 9, 2022
10:00 a.m. – Keynote Address by Dr. Daina Ramey Berry, University of Texas, Austin
“Teaching About Slavery and Movement in Texas”
11:00 a.m. – Mr. Kyle Ainsworth, Stephen F. Austin University
“Choices and Challenges for Runaway Slaves in Texas.”
Dr. Alaine Hutson, Huston-Tillotson Uni- versity
“Teaching the Underground Railroad at An HBCU to Black and Brown Students.”
12:00 p.m. – Lunch
1:00 p.m. – Ms. Roseann Bacha Gar- za, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
“Pathways to Freedom Along the Ante- bellum Rio Grande: Mixed Race Settlements and the Fluid US-Mexico Border.”
Dr. Alice Baumgartner, University of Southern California
“Slavery’s Other Border: Mexico, Freedom Seekers and the Road to the Civil War.”
2:00 – Panel Discussion and Conference Wrap up Session
6:00 p.m. – Opening Reception for the Ex- hibition: Yanga: Journeys to Freedom
