The scholarship on the Underground Railroad movement and the Great Migration is vast but little attention has been paid to the voluntary migratory patterns of free black Americans before the Civil War. Dr. Jennifer Thompson Burns will shine light on the importance of studying the antebellum migratory patterns of free Black Americans in the tri-city…

Presenter Dr. Lori Quigley, a member of the Wolf Clan of the Seneca nation, will provide an historical overview of various events that have negatively impacted the lives of Native American groups. She will focus primarily on, but not be limited to, Haudenosaunee nations and/or tribal nations who currently reside within the boundaries of New…