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CONFERENCE: "THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, CIVIL LIBERTIES AND THE UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD," TEMPLE UNIVERSITY, FEBRUARY 13, 2004
The First Annual Underground Railroad Conference at Temple University
Organized by the African American Studies Department and co-sponsored by the
Charles Blockson Collection, February 13, 2004.
The conference is free and open to the public. Registration begins at 8 AM.
The sessions will be followed by a reception at 5 PM.
The key note speech will be given by Mr. Charles Blockson.
For further information please call 215-204-8513 or email Nilgun
Anadolu-Okur at Temple University's Department of African-American
Studies: [email protected].
Kate Clifford Larson's new book, Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet
Tubman, Portrait of an American Hero (Ballentine Books, 2003) is now
available and comes very highly recommended. Another book on Tubman is
expected in mid January, Catharine Clinton's Harriet Tubman: The Road to
Freedom.
Christopher Densmore, January 6, 2004
Friends Historical Library
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