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2012 Underground Railroad Conference, June 21, 2012
Keynote address begins at 8:52.
(Video edited by Deborah Hendrix and produced by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program)
Cultural Caravan, August 2008
2012 Underground Railroad Conference, June 21, 2012
Keynote address begins at 8:52.
William Loren Katz was the author of Black Indians, The Black West, Breaking the Chains, and 37 other books on African American history. His research, writing and lectures have earned widespread praise from noted scholars such as John Hope Franklin, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., John Henrik Clarke, Howard Zinn, James M. McPherson, Alice Walker, Cornel West, Ivan Van Sertima, Betty Shabazz and Dr. Ralph Bunche.
Learn more about Katz's collection of 230 antique engravings, which he discovered during his extensive travels to conduct research for books like Black Indians and The Black West. The collection, which includes color and black and white images, is available for purchase. If interested, contact Dr. Laurie Lehman: lehmannyc@aol.com.
“You have made a tremendous contribution to African American history.”
—Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Harvard University
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