List of William Loren Katz Presentations and Book Parties
2005 – 2012
October 21, 2012: Keynote address during the National Park Service 50th Anniversary Celebration of the inclusion of Frederick Douglass’s home as a National Park Service site. Also on the program was Ken Morris, Douglass’s descendant and director of the Frederick Douglass Family Foundation.
June 21, 2012: Keynote address at the Escaping to Destinations South: 2012 Underground Railroad Conference in St. Augustine, Fla. (Watch now)
May 3, 2012: Public presentation on Black Indians at The Brecht Forum.
March 24, 2011: Presentation on Black Women of the Old West. The Rockland County Human Rights Commission Annual Women’s Conference, Nyack Seaport, New York
March 30, 2011: Presentation on Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. Brecht Forum, New York, NY
March 31, 2011: Presentation in honor of the 25th anniversary of Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. Queens Public Library, Corona, New York
February 13, 2011: Presentation on Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. African American Museum and Center of Education, Hempstead, Long Island
November 5, 2008: Book party and presentation on the historic relationship between people of African and Indian descent. Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY.
March 6, 2008: Presentation on Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. New York University Metro Center, New York, NY
February 6, 2008: Lecture on The Black West. District-37, New York City, NY
February 18, 2008: Lecture on The Black West. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, NY
February 22, 2008: Lecture on The Black West. Oberlin Heritage Center, Oberlin, Ohio
February 23, 2008: Lecture on Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. Oberlin Heritage Center, Oberlin, Ohio
November 15, 2007: Keynote speaker on Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage for Native American History Month and recipient of a Certificate of Appreciation plaque from the EPA’s American Indian and Alaskan Native, and Black Employment Program Advisory Councils of the Office of Civil Rights. Environmental Protection Agency (Middle Atlantic Region), Philadelphia, Pa.
October 26, 2007: Lecture on “The Impact of Africans and Indians on American History.” Sponsored by the Department of Learning, Curriculum and Communications and the UNESCO Chair of Intercultural Studies. University of London, London, UK
April 24, 2007: Lecture on “The Lincoln Brigade and the Spanish Civil War.” Beacon High School, New York City, NY
April 30, 2007: Lecture on The Black West. Park Day School, Oakland, Ca.
February 21, 2007: Presentation on Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. Environmental Protection Agency, New York, NY
February 28, 2007: Presentation on Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. Temple University, Philadelphia
December 7, 2006: Presentation on “Buffalo Soldiers, Black Cowhands and Outlaws.” Graduate Center of CUNY, New York, NY
November 6, 2006: Presentation on Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. Clarion University, Pennsylvania
November 11, 2006: Keynote presentation at conference on Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. Kansas University
November 13, 2006: Presentation on Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. Langston Hughes Library, Queens, New York
November 16, 2006: Presentation on Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. Schomburg Library, Harlem, New York
October 10, 2006: Presentation on “Black Women Pioneers, Black Migrations and Black Frontier Towns.” Graduate Center of CUNY, New York, NYC
September 12, 2006: Presentation celebrating the 35th anniversary of The Black West and the 20th anniversary of Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. Graduate Center of CUNY, New York, NYC
June 14, 2006: Presentation on The Black West. El Paso Community College, Cafeteria
June 14, 2006: Conversation with Western scholars. University of Texas at El Paso
June 14, 2006: Book party and celebration of The Black West and Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage at Barnes & Noble in El Paso
June 15, 2006: Presentation on The Black West. El Paso Community College, Administrative Center
June 17, 2006: Presentation on The Black West at the University of New Mexico’s first conference on Blacks in the West. University of New Mexico at Albuquerque
May 8, 2006: Lecture on the occupation of Iraq from the perspective of the first U.S. overseas invasion and a resistance to colonial rule that lasted for a dozen years. {Read the related essay} The Brecht Forum, New York, NY
May 24, 2006: Presentation on The Black West. Scholastic Publications, New York, New York
May 24, 2006: Presentation on The Black West. Open Center, New York, New York
April 17, 2006: Lecture on Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage for undergraduate students, introduced by Robin Kelley. Columbia University Ethnic Studies Department, New York
March 1, 2006: Lecture on The Black West. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
February 15, 2006: Lecture on Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. Woodhull Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
February 22, 2006: Lecture on Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. Cumberland Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Brooklyn, New York
December 12, 2005: Book party for the release of the latest edition of The Black West. Schomburg Library, Harlem, NY
December 1, 2005: Presentation on The Black West. African American Cultural Center of Long Island, NY
November 3, 2005: Talk and book party for the new edition of The Black West. Hue-Man Books, New York, NY
September 22, 2005: Presentation on The Black West commemorating the 11th anniversary of MAAFA, the African American Experience. St. Paul Community Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY
March 1, 2005: Presentation on The Black West. CUNY Graduate Center, New York City, NY
February 9, 2005: Presentation on The Black West. Lehman College, Bronx, NY
January 20, 2005: Presentation on Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
January 22, 2005: Presentation on Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY