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Teaching Black History Conference
The Teaching Black History conference is our signature program. Each year, the conference convenes hundreds of teachers to learn the best curricular and instructional practices surrounding Black history education. We will have featured speakers and entertainment, but the stars of the conference are our teachers. Each conference session is led by a classroom teacher who shares their Black history strategies. The sessions are interactive, so participants will have hands-on experiences to bring to their classrooms.
Conference attendees love Black history. We welcome community educators, parents, school-aged students, librarians, museum curators and anyone who loves to learn about Black history. The conference can be held face to face, virtually, or in a hybrid format. Attendees are eligible for 24 professional development credits.
The 2023 conference theme is The Sounds of Blackness, Hip Hop Turns 50.
Check back regularly for details.
Call for Proposals
The 2023 Teaching Black History Conference call for proposals is now open! We are excited about this year as we explore the history of hip-hop as it turns 50 years old! Present to hundreds of K-12 educators about the best practices for Black history education. This 6th conference is hybrid, but we would love to see everyone in Buffalo, NY, which is steeped in so much Black history! Our theme is hip-hop, but as always, we teach Black histories, so we welcome all proposals!
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Information is being added daily. Please check back frequently to keep up with the most current developments.
Conference Location
City Honors School
186 E North Street
Buffalo, NY 14204
Hotels
The below hotels have a specified number of rooms reserved at specified rates as listed below.
| HOTEL: | Fairfield Inn & Suites Buffalo Amherst/University |
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| ADDRESS | 3880 Rensch Road | Amherst, NY 14228 |
| ROOMS | 30 |
| BOOK BY | June 21, 2022 |
| RATE | $189.00 per night plus taxes and fees |
| HOW TO RESERVE | Book your group rate for TBHC-Mother Africa |
| HOTEL: | Fairfield by Marriott Buffalo‐Airport |
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| ADDRESS | 4271 Genesee Street | Buffalo, NY 14225 |
| ROOMS | 20 |
| BOOK BY | June 21, 2022 |
| RATE | $106.00 per night plus taxes and fees |
| HOW TO RESERVE | Book your group rate for Teaching Black History Conference - Mother Africa |
| HOTEL: | The Mosey Buffalo Williamsville, Tapestry Collection by Hilton |
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| ADDRESS | 5195 Main Street | Williamsville, NY 14221 |
| ROOMS | 10 |
| BOOK BY | June 21, 2022 |
| RATE | $229.00 per night plus taxes and fees |
| HOW TO RESERVE | TBHC‐Mother Africa | The Mosey |
| HOTEL: | Wyndham Garden Buffalo Downtown |
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| ADDRESS | 125 High Street | Buffalo, NY 14203 |
| ROOMS | 20 |
| BOOK BY | June 21, 2022 |
| RATE | $106.00 per night plus taxes and fees |
| HOW TO RESERVE | Call 716‐845‐0112 and ask for Teaching Black History group block or go to wyndhamhotels.com and under “Rate Applied”, enter 072122TEA under “Group Code”. |
Keynote Speakers
Friday, July 22
Joy Bivins, Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library
Title of Talk
Exploring Global Black History through the Archives
Saturday, July 23
Nwando Achebe, Jack and Margaret Sweet Endowed Professor of History, Michigan State University
Title of Talk
Nneka-Mother is Supreme: Women, Gender, and the Female Principle in Africa
Sunday, July 24
Gloria Boutte, PhD, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Carolina Distinguished Professor, University of South Carolina, College of Education
George Johnson Jr., PhD, Professor, South Carolina State University
Title of Talk
Back to Africa: A conversation with Drs. Diaspora
Sessions by Day
| Friday, July 22, 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SESSION ONE | |||
| Start Time | PRESENTER | PRESENTATION | ROOM # |
| 8:00 - 8:40 a.m. | LaGarrett King Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education & University at Buffalo | Welcome | Auditorium |
| 8:45-9:20 a.m. | Joy Bivins Director of Schomburg Center (NYC) | KEYNOTE: "Exploring Global Black History through the Archives" | Auditorium |
| SESSION TWO | |||
| 9:20-10:20 a.m. | Dawnavyn James Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education & University at Buffalo | "Africa, Amazing Africa" | Room 117 |
| Valencia Abbott Rockingham County Schools/Rockingham Early College High School; Sankofa Historical, LLC | "Reaching Pass the 7th Row" Topic: Genealogy and Family History to the Motherland | Room 114 | |
| Steph Manuel (VIRTUAL) | "Using Comics To Drive Difficult Conversation About Race and History" | Room 112 | |
| Islah Tauheed Assistant Principal, NYC Department of Education | "Avoiding the White Gaze: What We Learn from African Writers" | Room 108 | |
| Gigi Wolf Lead Economic Education Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (VIRTUAL) | "The Negro Leagues: Behind the Curve" | Room 103 | |
| SESSION THREE | |||
| 10:30-11:20 a.m. | Gwen Marshall | "Black History for Elementary" | Room 117 |
| Marcus “Sankofa” Nicks (VIRTUAL) | "The Art of Black Education: Learning Spaces That Heal and Empower Connected To African Tradition" | Room 114 | |
| Shakealia Finley | "Teaching economics through a global lens of Blackness" | Room 112 | |
| Nick Breyfogle Ohio State University (VIRTUAL) | "History through images: The picturing Black History Project and How teachers can use it." | Room 103 | |
| Vicki Math PhD student, Urban Education, Eastern Michigan University | "Roots: incorporating African inspired art, music, and literature into Social Studies curriculum" | Room 108 | |
| LUNCH | 11:30 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. | ||
| SESSION FOUR | |||
| 1:00-1:50 p.m. | Danelle Adeniji (VIRTUAL) | "Afrofuturism in Elementary: Black Children Creating Their Own Black Futures" | Room 117 |
| Christina Sneed and Susan Hill | "Analyzing the Rhetorical Situation of Historical Texts to Unpack How Rhetoric Impacts Historical Interpretation" | Room 114 | |
| Holly Marcolina PhD candidate and Jr.-Sr. HS Principal | "Let Her Speak for Herself: Unsilencing the Geographical Stories of the African Continent" | Room 112 | |
| Rodney Freeman Founder- Reminisce Preservation LLC (VIRTUAL) | "Preserving the Black Narrative in Digital Form" | Room 108 | |
| Deidra McIntyre-Secondary Co-Founder of Kemet Nubia Kamp (VIRTUAL) | "African Kingdoms:〝Bity〞The Workings of Bees & Honey in Kemet" | Room 103 | |
| SESSION FIVE | |||
| 2:00-2:50 p.m. | Joy Barnes-Johnson (VIRTUAL) | "Say it loud...quietly: Black Americans & European Contexts of Peace, Pride, Prize and Excellence" | Room 117 |
| Amy L. Masko Professor of English Education, Grand Valley State University Tamara Shreiner Professor of Social Studies, Battle Creek Public Schools, Michigan Jamesia Nordman Middle School English Teacher, Battle Creek Public Schools, Michigan Mary Meyer Middle School Social Studies Teacher, Battle Creek Public Schools, Michigan (VIRTUAL) | "Mapping & Mythologizing Africa" | Room 114 | |
| Shantelle Browning-Morgan | "Where Complaints Can Neither Be Heard, Nor Grievances Redressed": Freedom Seekers as Defendants in the Courts of Upper Canada and Canada West" | Room 112 | |
Clianda Florence Doctoral Student at the University of Rochester in Teaching & Curriculum | "Let’s Get L.I.T.(Liberating Individuals Through Literary Texts)" | Room 108 | |
| Mimi Stephen Director of Professional Development, Choices Program, Brown University | "Teaching about Nigeria in the High School or Community College Classroom" | Room 103 | |
| SESSION SIX | |||
| 3:00-3:50 p.m. | Issac Kalumba | "Exploring African Curriculum" | Room 117 |
| Val Brown (VIRTUAL) | "The CARE Framework: Antiracist Education from Theory to Practice" | Room 114 | |
| Black Education Research Collective (BERC) (VIRTUAL) | "Approaches to Developing and Teaching a PK-12 Interdisciplinary Black Studies Curriculum: Insights from the Black Education Research Collective (BERC)" | Room 112 | |
| Rhoda Nanre Nafziger (VIRTUAL) | “Politics and the Power: Historical considerations of teaching African History in anglophone Africa.” | Room 108 | |
| Terrance Lewis (VIRTUAL) | "Royal before Enslaved: Teaching African Identity Before Enslavement" | Room 103 | |
| Saturday, July 23, 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SESSION ONE | |||
| Start Time | PRESENTER | PRESENTATION | ROOM # |
| 8:30 - 9:20 a.m. | Nwando Achebe | KEYNOTE: “Nneka—Mother is Supreme: Women, Gender, and the Female Principle in Africa.” | Auditorium |
| SESSION TWO | |||
| 9:30-10:20 a.m. | Islah Tauheed Assistant Principal, NYC Dept of Education | “Asase Ye Guru - The Earth Has Weight”: Africa at the Forefront of the Environmental Movement | Room 117 |
Denisha Jones
| "Centering Afro Indigeneity in the Spanish Curriculum: Black Lives Matter at School as Cultural Citizenship" | Room 114 | |
| Frederick Douglass University of Wyoming | "The Three Assassinations of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." | Room 108 | |
| Kate Shuster Director of Curriculum and Evaluation, Center for Antiracist Education (VIRTUAL) | "Why Teach Historical Truths? A Deep Dive into the Empirical Research" | Room 103 | |
| College Board | A conversation on the new Advance Placement African American Studies course | Room 112 | |
| SESSION THREE | |||
| 10:30-11:20 a.m. | Shannon Griffin | "The Freedom Seeker Narrative: Centering Humanity and Agency while Teaching American Slavery" | Room 117 |
| Niya Sosa Office of Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Initiatives at Buffalo Public Schools Genah Lasby and Deb Bertlesman Buffalo Public Schools Educators | "Engaging Middle and High School students in culturally and linguistically responsive curricula district-wide using The 1619 Project" | Room 114 | |
| Jen Saylor | "The Muskegon Heights Public School Academy System “Legacy Curriculum” Journey" | Room 112 | |
| Hakim Cosby Professor Emeritus, SUNY Erie | "Reflections on the founders of the Black History Movement" | Room 108 | |
| Jackie Bingham-Flemmings T.I.E.C. Jeri Johnson Student at Arcadia University, Educational Leadership- General (VIRTUAL) | "Closing the Cradle to Prison Pipeline (C2PP) Using the Principles of Ubuntu" | Room 103 | |
| LUNCH | 11:30 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. | ||
| SESSION FOUR | |||
| 1:00-1:50 p.m. | Emmanuel Kulu | "Untold: The Golden Age of Africa" | Room 117 |
| Victoria Patch Williams Founder of Koffi Consulting, LLC, Professor of Education at University of Maryland and Bowie State University | "We Are All We Need: Collective Action and Crowd-Sourcing the Pedagogical Underground Railroad" | Room 114 | |
| Ismael Jimenez Co-Founder of the Philadelphia Black History Collaborative and Social Studies Curriculum Specialist, School District of Philadelphia | "Why I believe Africana Studies Can Save the World" | Room 112 | |
| Ayo Magwood Founder of Uprooting Inequity LLC; Former high school history teacher (VIRTUAL) | "Instructional Strategies for Teaching About Structural Racism, Part 1 of 2" | Room 108 | |
| Lauren Anderson University of Kansas (VIRTUAL) | "Be Real Black for Me": Centering the Role of Black Agency in Foundation Courses for Teacher Education Programs" | Room 103 | |
| SESSION FIVE | |||
| 2:00-2:50 p.m. | Kezia Myers | "Transforming Young Lives Through African Cultural Principles" | Room 109 |
| Akil Parker Owner, All This Math, LLC | "Histematics: The Root is Africa" | Room 117 | |
| Ayo Magwood Founder, Uprooting Inequity LLC and former high school history teacher (VIRTUAL) | "Instructional Strategies for Teaching About Structural Racism, Part 2 of 2" | Room 114 | |
| Reuben Faloughi Psychologist, Consultant, and Founder at RTF Liberating Enterprise, LLC (VIRTUAL) | "I Just Don’t Know What To Do?!”: Using a Conceptual Framework to Support Anti-Racist/Anti-Oppression Identity Developmententity Development" | Room 112 | |
| Apple Education | "Racial Equity and Justice series" | Room 108 | |
| Islah Tuaheed | “Dame Dame - Intelligence and Ingenuity”: African Curriculum in the Elementary Classroom" | Room 103 | |
| SESSION SIX | |||
| 3:00-3:50 p.m. | Griot B | "More than a Month - Black History is more than Slavery and Segregation" | Auditorium |
| Sunday, July 24, 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SESSION ONE | |||
| Start Time | PRESENTER | PRESENTATION | ROOM # |
| 8:30 - 9:20 a.m. | Gloria Boutte and George Johnson | KEYNOTE: “Back to Africa: A Conversation with Drs. Diaspora” | Auditorium |
| SESSION TWO | |||
| 9:30-10:20 a.m. | Donnalie Jamnah and Fareed Mostoufi Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting | “Teaching The 1619 Project: Resources and Key Takeaways from the 1619 Education Network" | Room 117 |
| Daniel Tulino Professor of Education - Stockton University, Brianne Pitts, Greg, and Mary | "Interrupting Eurocentric Histories: Racial Literacy Development and Black History Instruction" | Room 114 | |
| Nicholl Montgomery Tiffeni Fontno (VIRTUAL) | "‘In Search of Mother Africa: Using Children's and Young Adult Literature to explore Africa as a Continent not a Country" | Room 112 | |
| David Carr Professional Services Provider Mcgraw Hill/Achieve 3000 (VIRTUAL) | "Ethnic Studies/The Truth About Coalitions between African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans and Poor Whites" | Room 103 | |
| Walter Milton | Black History 365: An inclusive Account of American History | Room 108 | |
| SESSION THREE | |||
| 10:30-11:20 a.m. | Saudah Collins Janice Baines Jarvais Jackson Valente Gibson Gloria Boutte George Johnson | "Back To Africa: Teaching Elementary Students To Be Literate About the African Diaspora" | Room 108 |
| Rosalyn Jones African American Studies teacher, Warren High School, San Antonio, Texas (VIRTUAL) | "Build...Black Studies...Better! Authentic Innovation in Your Classroom!" | Room 117 | |
| Antoinette Rochester Yvonna Hines-McCoy Tina L. Heafner University of North Carolina at Charlotte (VIRTUAL) | "African Diaspora in the Caribbean; "Tell Us What You Know About Afro-Cubans and the Maroons of Jamaica" | Room 114 | |
| Sydney A. Pickens Archaeology Educator, Archaeology in the Community (AITC) | "Teaching Ancient Nubia: Pre-Kerma - The Kingdoms of Kush" | Room 112 | |
| African Studies Howard University | "Gold Road" | Room 103 | |
Sessions by Audience
| Elementary School Workshops | |
|---|---|
| SPEAKER | TITLE |
| Gwen Marshall | Black History for Elementary |
| Dawnavyn James | Africa, Amazing Africa |
| Danelle Adeniji | Afrofuturism in Elementary: Black Children Creating Their Own Black Futures |
| Brandon Brown | More Than a Month |
| Rodney E. Freeman Jr. | Preserving the Black Narrative in Digital Form |
| Islah Tauheed | “Dame Dame - Intelligence and Ingenuity”: African Curriculum in the Elementary Classroom |
| Dr. Daniel Tulino | Interrupting Eurocentric Histories: Racial Literacy Development and Black History Instruction |
| Dr. Brianne Pitts | |
| Greg Simmons | |
| Adu-Gyamfi | |
| Shannon Griffin | The Freedom Seeker Narrative: Centering Humanity and Agency while Teaching American Slavery |
| Val Brown | The CARE Framework: Antiracist Education from Theory to Practice |
| Crystal Johnson | Who Am I?’: Exploring Black Teacher Identity and its Impact on Black Students |
| Middle/High School Workshops | |
|---|---|
| SPEAKER | TITLE |
| Valencia Abbott | “Reaching Pass the 7th Row” Topic-Southern History, Slavery, Genealogy, Local History, Slave Trade, Africa and Black History across Time |
| Deidra R. McIntyre | African Kingdoms: “Ra’s Tears:” The Workings of Bees & Honey in Kemet |
| Joy Barnes-Johnson | Say it loud...quietly: Black Americans & European Contexts of Peace, Pride, Prize and Excellence |
| David Carr | Ethnic Studies/The Truth About Coalitions between African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans and Poor Whites |
| Rosalyn Jones | Build...Black Studies...Better! Authentic Innovation in You Classroom! |
| Holly Marcolina | Let Her Speak for Herself: Unsilencing the Geographical Stories of the African Continent |
| Shantelle Browning-Morgan | “Where Complaints Can Neither Be Heard, Nor Grievances Redressed”: Freedom Seekers as Defendants in the Courts of Upper Canada and Canada West |
| Amy L. Masko | University-school partnership in curriculum development for an STEM school |
| Vicki Math | Roots: incorporating African inspired art, music, and literature into Social Studies curriculum |
| Antoinette Rochester | African Diaspora in the Caribbean; “Tell Us What You Know About Afro-Cubans and the Maroons of Jamaica” |
| Yvonna Hines-McCoy | |
| Dr. Tina L. Heafner | |
| Denisha Jones | Centering Afro Indigeneity in the Spanish Curriculum: Black Lives Matter at School as Cultural Citizenship |
| Erika Strauss Chavarria | |
| Ayo Magwood | Teaching about the Origins of Race and Racism in the U.S. Teaching about the historical roots of contemporary structural racism |
| Steph Manuel | Using Comics To Drive Difficult Conversation About Race and History |
| Mimi Stephens | Teaching about Nigeria in the High School or Community College Classroom |
| Shakealia Finley | Teaching economics through a global lens of Blackness |
| Terrance Lewis | Royal before Enslaved: Teaching African Identity Before Enslavement |
| Isaac G Kalumbu | Exploring Africa Curriuclum |
| Leo Glaze | Black History Starts in Africa |
| General, University, or Adult Education Workshops | |
|---|---|
| SPEAKER | TITLE |
| Emmanuek Kulu Jr. | Untold: The Golden Age of Africa |
| Jacqueline Hoskins | Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for the Relationships Needed in Urban Schools for Student Success |
| Lauren Anderson | “Be Real Black for Me”: Centering the Role of Black Agency in Foundation Courses for Teacher Education Programs |
| Gigi Wolf | The Negro Leagues: Behind the Curve Black Lives Through a Literary Lens |
| Clianda Yarde | What’s in a Name? |
| Nicholl Montgomery | In Search of Mother Africa: Using Children’s and Young Adult Literature to explore Africa as a Continent not a Country |
| Tiffeni Fontno | |
| Dr. Jackie Bingham-Flemmings | Closing the Cradle to Prison Pipeline (C2PP) Through the Principles of Ubuntu |
| Jen Saylor | The Muskegon Heights Public School Academy System “Legacy Curriculum” Journey |
| Victoria Patch Williams | We Are All We Need: Collective Action and Crowd-Sourcing the Pedagogical Underground Railroad |
| Islah Tauheed | Avoiding the White Gaze: What We Learn from African Writers “Asase Ye Guru - The Earth Has Weight”: Africa at the Forefront of the Environmental Movement |
| Dr. Reuben Faloughi | “I Just Don’t Know What To Do?!”: Using a Conceptual Framework to Support Anti-Racist/Anti-Oppression Identity Developmententity Development |
| Dr.Fredrick Douglass Dixon | The Three Assassinations of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., |
| Ismael Jimenez | Why I believe Africana Studies Can Save the World |
| Akil Parker | Histematics: The Root is Africa |
| Kate Shuster | Teaching Historical Truths: What the Research Says |
| Marcus Nicks | African Schooling: Learning Spaces That Heal and Empower |
| Christina Sneed | Analyzing the Rhetorical Situation of Historical Texts to Unpack How Rhetoric Impacts Historical Interpretation |
See our events page to view our full calendar list.
Past Conferences
A recap of the 2018 Teaching Black History Conference.
