Conference Date: March 22nd from 8:30 AM -2:00 PM
Sponsored by the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, Upperman African American Cultural Center, the Department of History, and the Watson College of Education
This conference is designed to inspire dialogue about the history of education for African Americans. With the resources shared and connections made at the conference, we hope to motivate educators and community leaders to make substantive change in current educational practices for African American students This conference is a follow-up to two prior conferences held at UNCW in 2009 and 2011, both of which brought together historians, educators, librarians, and community members to discuss the Rosenwald school legacy in the southeastern United States. This year’s conference will be a one day event, held on March 22nd from 8:30-2:00 PM in the Watson College of Education building.
Rosenwald Conference 2013 Videos
Rosenwald Conference 2013 - Part 1
Rosenwald Conference 2013 - Part 2
Rosenwald Conference 2013 - Part 3
Rosenwald Conference 2013 - Part 4
Conference Date: April 28-30, 2011
The purpose of this conference was to raise awareness of Rosenwald school history, provide information about resources for preserving the history of African Americans and education, and to examine current issues facing African American students in public schools. This conference was a follow-up to a conference held at UNCW in 2009 which brought together historians, educators, librarians, and community members to discuss the Rosenwald school legacy in the southeastern U.S. The 2011 conference was a two day event, held on April 28-30th, that included the debuting of a new documentary film on Rosenwald Schools and a site visit to a restored Rosenwald School.
Speakers included Dr. Anthony Parent, Professor of History and American Ethnic Studies at Wake Forest University, and Dr. Philip Merrill, Author and Historian.
2009 Rosenwald School Conference
On November 13, 2009 Rosenwald school alumni and former teachers, historians, preservationists, educators, and community members gathered at the UNCW Executive Development Center in Wilmington, NC for a one-day conference. 125 people attended this conference hold to raise awareness of Rosenwald school history, provide information about resources for preservation, and mark the opening of the new Rosenwald School archive at UNCW's Randall Library.
Speakers:
This one-day conference featured historians Tom Hanchett (Museum of the New South), preservationists Tracy Hayes (Rosenwald Schools Initiative, Southern Office of the National Trust for Historic Preservation) Claudia Brown (NCSHPO), Angelo Franceschina (RIPI), George Edwards (Historic Wilmington Foundation) educators Donyell Roseboro (UNCW Watson School of Education) and Marvin Pittman (NC State Board of Education), as well as a panel of Rosenwald school alumni and former teachers moderated by Monica Gisolfi (UNCW Dept of History).
