Location: Campus of Howard University,
Blackburn Center Auditorium, Thursday, September 25, 2003
School of Business Auditorium, Friday and Saturday, September 26-27, 2003

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Margaret Washington, Cornell University (topic on Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth). Dr. Washington's talk will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Friday evening, followed by a reception and Douglass exhibit

Range of Papers: Douglass and the politics of gender; Douglass as diplomat, as traveler, as family man and business man.

Registration: free to the public, but registration online is recommended.

Tour is free to public; advance registration required; first come-first serve basis. Please email Ms. Donna Wells at dwells@howard.edu for additional information.

Luncheons for September 25, 26 and 27, tickets required; must purchase in advance. Fees for the luncheons are listed on the online registration form. Make checks payable to Frederick Douglass Conference and send to :

Frederick Douglass Conference
Department of History
Howard University
2441 Sixth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20059

Purpose of the Conference: A partnership between Howard University and the University of Rochester to promote new scholarship on Frederick Douglass.

Made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Also supported by a number of departments and administrative offices at Howard University, including: Graduate School, History, English, Psychology, Afro-American Studies, Moorland-Spingarn, Research Center, Office of the Provost, School of Business.

For more information, call Edna Greene Medford, conference coordinator,
email: emedford@howard.edu
Telephone: (202)-806-9370