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 Hilton Chicago, Chicago, IL Hosted by the DuSable Museum of African American History LUNCHEON SPEAKERS THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 Opening Day Luncheon Dr. John E. Fleming, President, Association for the Study of African American Life and History 
John Fleming was born in Morganton, North Carolina. He graduated from Berea College, Berea, Kentucky, in 1966. He attended the University of Kentucky and the University of Malawi before graduating from Howard University with a Ph.D. in American History in 1974. He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Malawi from 1967-69. He also served as an Education Specialist for the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, and as Program Analyst for the United States Civil Rights Commission. He was a Senior Fellow for the Institute for the Study of Educational Policy at Howard University. In 1980, he was invited to join the Ohio Historical Society as Project Director for the Development of the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, Ohio. The Museum opened in 1988 with Dr. Fleming as Founding Director. In 1998 he served as the director of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. From 2001 to 2007, he served as Vice President of Museums at Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal,
where he oversaw the operations of the History, Natural History, and Children’s Museums, as well as the Cincinnati Historical Society Library, the Geier Collections & Research Center, and the Edge of Appalachia Nature Preserve. He is now the Executive Producer for “America I Am: African American Imprint on America,” a 12,000 sq. ft. traveling exhibition.He has published three books and over 45 articles and chapters in books. He has served as President of the Ohio Museums Association and the Association of African American Museums. He has served on the board of dozens of organizations including the American Association of Museums. He was awarded lifetime achievement and distinguished service awards by the Ohioana Library, Ohio Museums Association, Berea College, and the National Peace Corps. He was named by the Governor of Ohio to serve as a delegate to the White House Conference on Travel and Tourism and to serve as a member of the Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board. He was appointed by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior to serve on the National Underground Railroad Advisory Commission. President George W. Bush named him to the National Museum of African American History and Culture Presidential Commission. He is married to Barbara Fleming, a psychologist and author. They have two daughters. FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 Awards Luncheon Haki R. Madhubuti, Author, Educator and Poet  Haki R. Madhubuti (born Don Luther Lee on February 23, 1942 in Little Rock, Arkansas) is a renowned African American author, educator and poet.. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa and served in the U.S. Army from 1960 to 1963.Madhubuti is a major contributor to the African American literary tradition beginning in the mid-1960s, and continuing to have major influences today. Over the years, he has published 24 books (some under his former name, "Don L. Lee") and is one of the world's best-selling authors of poetry and non-fiction, with books in print in excess of 3 million. His Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous?: The African American Family in Transition (1990) has sold over 1,000,000 copies. His latest books are Claiming Earth: Race, Rage, Rape, Redemption (1994), GroundWork: New and Selected Poems 1966-1996 (1996), and HeartLove: Wedding and Love Poems (1998). Madhubuti has also co-edited two volumes of literary works from "Gallery 37", releasing The Spirit (1998), and Describe the Moment (2000). His poetry and essays were published in over 30 anthologies from 1997 to 2001. He also wrote Tough Notes: A Healing Call For Creating Exceptional Black Men (2002). He is a much sought-after poet and lecturer, and has convened workshops and served as guest/keynote speaker at thousands of colleges, universities, libraries and community centers in the U.S. and abroad. A proponent of independent Black institutions, Madhubuti is the founder, publisher, and chairman of the board of Third World Press (established in 1967), co-founder of the Institute of Positive Education/New Concept School (established in 1969), and co-founder of Betty Shabazz International Charter School (established 1998) in Chicago, Illinois. He is also a founder and board member of the National Association of Black Book Publishers, a founder and chairman of the board of The International Literary Hall of Fame for Writers of African Descent, and founder and director of the National Black Writers Retreat. Currently, Madhubuti is the distinguished university professor, founder and director emeritus of the Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature and Creative Writing and director of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program at Chicago State University. Madhubuti's latest book, Yellow Black, is an autobiographical novel detailing the first 21 years of his life. |
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