Auburn Avenue Research Library

Heritage Education Auditorium

101 Auburn Avenue NE

ATLANTA, GA 30303

~FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2008~

FREE REGISTRATION begins 3 p.m.

OPENING SESSION 4 P.M.

Welcome to Atlanta!

Sultan Ahmad, Master of Ceremony

Libation

Dr. Akinyele Umoja, Georgia State University
Associate Professor, African American Studies Department

Welcome

Dr. Charles E. Jones, Georgia State University
Founding Chair, African American Studies Department

Akilah Shukura Nosakhere,

Auburn Avenue Research Library African American Culture and History

Salute to Dr. Jahti Jackson-Maasai

Conference Update

Brother Boko

Baba Mukasa "Willie Ricks" SNCC Activist

Emory Douglas,

International Artist,

Charlotte O'Neal,

United African Alliance Community Center,

Kathleen Cleaver,

Professor of Law, Emory

Ward Churchill, Writer and Political Activist

Wrap Up