Deep Rivers: Bridging Ancestral Streams. A Symposium on African American Genealogy in the 21st Century
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content: Maltsby, Portia
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture
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content: 2002 February 2
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content: Box 26, Folder 3
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: In honor of the twenty-first annual national observance of African American History Month, the Program in African American Culture, cosponsored by the national Museum of American History Archives Center and the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society of Washington, presented a symposium on African American genealogy in the 21st century on Saturday, February 2, 2002, in the Carmichael Auditorium, Behring Center. The program included panel discussions and museum tours. 

Participants included: 

Michael L. Blakey, Ph.D., National Endowment for the Humanities, Professor of Anthropology, College of William and Mary

Charles C. Brewer, an independent researcher, specializes in antebellum and Civil War African American history and genealogy

Andrea Butler-Ramsey, independent researcher

Elizabeth Clark-Lewis, Ph.D., specialist in 20th century District of Columbia history

Luvenia A. George, Ph.D., ethnomusicologist and music educator

Phyllis T. Glaude, former elementary school teacher and librarian, served as docent for the National Museum of American History's exhibition, Field to Factory

Debra Newman Ham, Ph.D., professor of history, Morgan State University

George H. Harshaw Sr., bass baritone
 
LaFayette Jackson, native Washingtonian who has worked with youth as the director of bands and orchestras

Kimberly Kelly, Museum Affiliations Manager, National Museum of American History (NMAH), Smithsonian Institution

Elvin Montgomery, Ph.D., New York City-based management consultant and avid collector and dealer of African-American historical materials

Deborra A. Richardson, Assistant Chair and Head of the Reference Unit, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

Fath Davis Ruffins, symposium chair and past president of the Afro-American Genealogical Society

Angela Y. Walton-Raji, has researched her family history since 1975. She wrote the book Black Indian Genealogy Research: African American Ancestors among the Five Civilized Tribes

Donna M. Wells, Prints and Photographs Librarian, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University
 
William Yeingst, domestic life specialist, Division of Social History, National Museum of American History (NMAH), Smithsonian Institution

Program number AC408.117.