1. http://enroll.iupui.edu/admissions/apply/
Academic Affairs at IUPUI
African Student Association at IUPUI
Department of Anthropology, IU School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI
Karen Dace, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and
Thomas Davis, Ph.D., Dean of Liberal Arts, IUPUI
Frederick Douglass Papers, IU School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI
Missy Kubitschek, Ph.D., Professor of English, Africana Studies,
Women's Studies, and American Studies, IU School of Liberal Arts,
IUPUI Leaders
Special Thanks
Karen Dace,
Ph.D., Vice
Chancellor
for Diversity,
Equity and
Inclusion,
IUPUI
Thomas J.
Davis, Ph.D.,
Dean and
Professor of
Religious
Studies,
IU School of
Liberal Arts,
IUPUI
Bessie House
-Soremekun,
Ph.D.,
Director of
Africana
Studies,
IU School of
Liberal Arts,
IUPUI
John R.
Kaufman-
McKivigan,
Ph.D.,
Mary O’Brien
Professor of
History and
Editor of the
Frederick
Douglass
Papers,
IU School of
Liberal Arts,
IUPUI
A Public
Symposium:
The Life and
Times of
Madame C.J.
Walker: A
Life, a Legacy,
and a
Landmark
presents
Madame C.J. Walker/
Frederick Douglass
3rd Annual Lecture Series
November 6,2015
8:30 a.m.-3:30.p.m.
The Jewel Center
3333 N. Illinois Street

2. Featuring
Presented by the Africana Studies Program
in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI
liberalarts.iupui.edu/africana
Tyrone Freeman
A’Lelia Bundles
Isaiah Horne
Devon Ginn
Cassandra
Williams
Raven Moody
Brianna Holt
Schedule of Events
8:30 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM
Welcome Remarks:
Cassandra Williams, Acting Director for Africana Studies
Program, IU School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI
Karen Dace, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and
Inclusion, IUPUI
9:15 AM
Brianna Holt BME-Choral Music Education | BSOF-Vocal
Performance & Theatre Treasurer-ACDA at IU Jacobs School of
Music, Indiana University 2017
9:20 AM
Lecture Series Founders:
Bessie House-Soremekun, Ph.D., Director of Africana Studies
Program, IU School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI
John R. Kaufman-McKivigan, Ph.D., Mary O’Brien Professor of
History and Editor of the Frederick Douglass Papers, IU School of
Liberal Arts, IUPUI
9:50 AM
Tyrone McKinley Freeman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of
Philanthropic Studies and Director of Undergraduate Programs,
Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy,
IUPUI
10:20 AM
Poetry/Spoken Word:
Devon Ginn, First Impressions Coordinator and Visual Art and
Entertainment Curator at the Madame Walker Theatre Center
Raven Moody, poet, author, and Journalism student at IUPUI
10:30 AM
Reenactment of Madame C.J. Walker presented by
Freetown Village
11:30 AM
Isaiah Horne, Olaniyan Scholar and IUPUI senior
majoring in Economics with a minor in Africana Studies
12:00 PM
Lunch
Richard Bray, M.Div., M.Ed., Assistant Director, Office of
Diversity Access and Achievement, IUPUI
12:15 PM
Introduction of Keynote Speaker:
Thomas J. Davis, Dean and Professor of Religious Studies, IU
School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI
12:30 PM
Keynote Address:
A’Lelia Bundles, L.H.D, author, journalist, and community
scholar
1:30 PM Awards
2:00 PM
Cassandra Williams, Acting Director for Africana Studies Program,
IU School of Liberal Arts, IUPUI
Young Entrepreneurs and the Digital Divide
2:30 PM Closing Remarks / Survey