Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture Search this
Container:
Box 25, Folder 15
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1999 February 3-6
Scope and Contents:
The eighteenth annual national conference in observance of African History
Month was a symposium and community tribute held from Wednesday, February
3, through Saturday, February 6, 1999, in the Carmichael Auditorium, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. The Middle Passage conference was launched by the Program on African American Culture series "African Americans at the Millennium: From Middle Passage to Cyberspace". The conference saluted three pioneering educators: Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Dr. Adelaide M. Cromwell and Dr. Joseph E. Harris.
Participants included:
Ronald Bailey, Ph.D., chair of the Department of African-American Studies, Northeastern University
Michael L. Blakey, Ph.D., professor of anthropology and anatomy and curator of the W. Montague Cobb Human Skeletal Collection, Howard University
Kim D. Butler, Ph.D., assistant professor, Department of Africana Studies, Rutgers University
Adama J. Conteh, Ph.D., assistant professor of history, Hampton University
Collaborative Public Art Team; Houston Conwill,sculptor; Estella Conwill Majozo, poet; and Joseph DePace, architect
C. Daniel Dawson, photographer and filmmaker
Tom Feelings, renowned artist and illustrator of children's books
Haile Gerima, film producer, director, writer, and editor
Michael A. Gomez, Ph.D., professor of history, University of Georgia; and adjunct faculty, Spelman College
Leslie King Hammond, Ph.D., artist and illustrator and dean of graduate studies, Maryland Institute College of Art
Sylvia Hill, Ph.D, chair of the Department of Urban Affairs, University of the District of Columbia
James Oliver Horton, Ph.D., Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Studies and History, George Washington University
Noel Ignatiev, Ph.D., a visiting assistant professor of history, Bowdoin College
Joseph E. Inikori, Ph.D., a professor of history and associate director, Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies, University of Rochester
Aisha Kahil, performing artist and master teacher in voice and dance and member of the a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock
Gilberto Leal, a geologist, labor union and political party leader
Clarence Lusane, Ph.D., political scientist and author
Deborah L. Mack, Ph.D., director of public programs and exhibitions, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati
Lorna McDaniel, Ph.D., historian and founding editor of New Directions: Readings in African Diaspora Music
Alice McGill, storyteller, author and educator
Diana Baird N'Diaye, Ph.D., a folklorist, anthropologist, and program curator, Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies
Sylvia Ojukutu-Macauley, Ph.D., visiting assistant professor of history, Georgetown University
Colin A. Palmer, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of History, New York Graduate School, City University
Carla L. Peterson, Ph.D., professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of Maryland
Bernice Johnson Reagon, Ph.D., curator emerita, National Museum of American History (NMAH); and Distinguished Professor of History, American University
Fath Davis Ruffins, historian at the National Museum of American History
Llewellyn Smith, television producer and playwright
Elisée Soumonni, Ph.D., lecturer, department of history, Université Nationale du Bénin
John Thornton, Ph.D., professor of history, Millersville University
Eleanor W. Traylor, Ph.D., graduate professor of English and chair of the Department of English, Howard University
Sheila S. Walker, Ph.D., Annabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor in Liberal Arts and director of the Center for African and African American Studies, University of Texas
Margaret Washington, Ph.D., history department, Cornell University
Jacquie Gales Webb, producer, Smithsonian Productions; and radio host
Olabiyi Yai, Ph.D., ambassador from Bénin
African Heritage Dancers and Drummers, a youth intervention program that provides rich portrayals of traditional West African dance, music, crafts, and folklore
Melvin Deal, founder and artistic director of the African Heritage Dancers and Drummers
Olufunmilayo Jomo, master teacher and performance artist of African dance and percussion
Kimberly A. Kelly, Ford Foundation Scholar, master's program, European decorative arts, Parsons/Cooper-Hewitt
Kono Youth Ensemble, founded in 1995 to awaken young people here and abroad to the power and beauty of traditional West African dance and drum
Djimo Kouyate, born in Dianna Senegal, is a diali, an oral historian and musician of Manding traditions
Amshatar Monroe, advocate of indigenous culture and spirituality and founder of Sacred Space
Pam Rogers, director of In Process…, Includes: Michelle Lanchester, Yasmeen Williams, Tammy Adair, Ayo Ngozi, Paula Pree, and Reverend Amitiyah Elayne Hyman
Sacred Space: Where Indigenous Paths Meet, a nonprofit organization committed to providing cultural and educational activities, council of elders: Baba Wande Abimbola, Nana Kwabena Brown, Mounain Eagle Woman (Mama Binta-Bisa Mati), Ione, Baba Kwame Ishangi, and Iya N'Ifa Efunyale (Mother) Taylor
Program number AC408.108.
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Collection Citation:
Program in African American Culture Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
acrylic and oil paint, graphite, bristol board, metal leaf, natural and synthetic cloth fabric, nylon tulle, polyester and cotton thread, and crystal glass beads on wood panel
Dimensions:
H x W x D (a: wood panel): 24 × 15 15/16 × 1 9/16 in. (61 × 40.5 × 4 cm)
H x W (b: quilt panel): 20 1/16 × 15 13/16 in. (50.9 × 40.2 cm)
Type:
panel paintings
fiber art
portraits
mixed media
Place made:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
acrylic and oil paint, graphite, bristol board, metal leaf, natural and synthetic cloth fabric, nylon tulle, polyester and cotton thread, and crystal glass beads on wood panel
Dimensions:
H x W x D (overall): 39 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (100.3 × 41.9 × 4.4 cm)
H x W x D (a: panel): 24 1/2 × 16 × 1 9/16 in. (62.2 × 40.6 × 4 cm)
H x W (b: banner): 19 11/16 × 16 3/8 in. (50 × 41.6 cm)
Type:
panel paintings
fiber art
portraits
mixed media
Place made:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
acrylic and oil paint, graphite, bristol board, metal leaf, natural and synthetic cloth fabric, nylon tulle, polyester and cotton thread, and crystal glass beads on wood panel
Dimensions:
H x W x D (overall): 40 × 16 5/8 × 1 7/8 in. (101.6 × 42.2 × 4.8 cm)
H x W x D (a: panel): 24 1/8 × 16 1/8 × 1 9/16 in. (61.3 × 40.9 × 4 cm)
H x W (b: banner): 21 5/8 × 16 7/16 in. (55 × 41.8 cm)
Type:
panel paintings
fiber art
portraits
mixed media
Place made:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
acrylic and oil paint, graphite, bristol board, metal leaf, natural and synthetic cloth fabric, nylon tulle, polyester and cotton thread, and crystal glass beads on wood panel
Dimensions:
H x W x D (overall): 40 × 16 × 1 7/8 in. (101.6 × 40.6 × 4.8 cm)
H x W x D (a: panel): 23 7/8 × 15 15/16 × 1 9/16 in. (60.7 × 40.5 × 4 cm)
H x W (b: banner): 19 13/16 × 15 3/4 in. (50.4 × 40 cm)
Type:
panel paintings
fiber art
portraits
mixed media
Place made:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
acrylic and oil paint, graphite, bristol board, metal leaf, natural and synthetic cloth fabric, nylon tulle, polyester and cotton thread, and crystal glass beads on wood panel
Dimensions:
H x W x D (a: wood panel): 23 7/8 × 16 × 1 9/16 in. (60.7 × 40.6 × 4 cm)
H x W (b: quilt panel): 19 1/2 × 16 1/8 in. (49.6 × 41 cm)
Type:
panel paintings
fiber art
portraits
mixed media
Place made:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
acrylic and oil paint, graphite, bristol board, metal leaf, natural and synthetic cloth fabric, nylon tulle, polyester and cotton thread, and crystal glass beads on wood panel
Dimensions:
H x W x D (a: wood panel): 24 × 16 × 1 9/16 in. (61 × 40.6 × 4 cm)
H x W (b: quilt panel): 20 1/2 × 16 1/8 in. (52.1 × 41 cm)
Type:
panel paintings
fiber art
portraits
mixed media
Place made:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
acrylic and oil paint, graphite, bristol board, metal leaf, natural and synthetic cloth fabric, nylon tulle, polyester and cotton thread, and crystal glass beads on wood panel
Dimensions:
H x W x D (overall): 40 × 16 × 1 7/8 in. (101.6 × 40.6 × 4.8 cm)
H x W x D (a: panel): 24 3/16 × 15 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (61.5 × 40 × 4 cm)
H x W (b: banner): 19 9/16 × 15 3/4 in. (49.7 × 40 cm)
Type:
panel paintings
fiber art
portraits
mixed media
Place made:
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
