Conference schedule for Friday, Oct. 24

9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

· Slavery and WNC, with John Inscoe, Albert B. Saye Professor of History at The University of Georgia.

· Emancipation and WNC, with Steven Nash, assistant professor of history at East Tennessee State University

· Teaching American History with ALL American Youth, with LaGarrett King, assistant professor of secondary social studies education at Clemson University.

2 – 5 p.m.

· Racial Uplift in the Era of Jim Crow Segregation in WNC, with Darin Waters, assistant professor of history at UNC Asheville.

· The Civil Rights Movement in WNC, with Sarah Judson, associate professor of history at UNC Asheville.

· Discussion of Twilight of a Neighborhood Photography Project, with Andrea Clark, photographer.

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