[Chat] FW: The Baltimore City Historical Society's 3rd Annual Workshop for Baltimore Historians

Christine Gray langwidge at erols.com
Tue Mar 20 20:19:18 EDT 2007


 posted by Christine Gray 



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Subject: The Baltimore City Historical Society's 3rd Annual Workshop for
Baltimore Historians

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You are cordially invited to attend The Baltimore City Historical Society's
3rd Annual Workshop for Baltimore Historians on May 4, 2007.
The program is entitled MARYLAND LYNCHINGS: THE ILLUSIVE RECORD OF MOB
VIOLENCE AND SHAMEFUL DENIAL.  The speaker and registration information can
be found on the attached announcements.  Inquiries should be directed to
Marie Schwartz: e-mail baltimorehistory at law.umaryland.edu,
phone: 410-706-3838.

I hope you will be able to attend.
Garrett Power

THIRD ANNUAL WORKSHOP FOR BALTIMORE HISTORIANS

Time and Place:
May 4, 2007
Westminster Hal
Fayette and Greene Street
Baltimore Maryland
9:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m.

Sponsors:
Baltimore City Historical Society
University of Maryland School of Law
Westminster Preservation Trust

The workshop will take place in the historic Westminster Hall at the corner
of Fayette and Greene Street in downtown Baltimore. The Hall sits atop the
Western Burying Ground wherein lies Edgar Allan Poe. It will feature the
announcement of the winner of the 2006 Joseph Arnold Prize for Outstanding
Writing on Baltimore History and the award of the prize generously provided
by Thomas C. and Nancy B. Martel.

PROGRAM

MARYLAND LYNCHINGS: THE ILLUSIVE RECORD OF MOB VIOLENCE AND SHAMEFUL DENIAL

Twentieth century lynchings on Maryland's Eastern Shore captured the
attention of the media state-wide. Court rooms served as a stage for the
public drama, and the press coverage became part of the story. The Workshop
will discuss these public trials and the news accounts, and consider how
they may have instigated the carnage or calmed the crowd, disguised the
miscreants or exposed the wrongdoers, exposed the racial violence or denied
that it occurred. And it will consider the differences in the treatment of
the news to be found in the Baltimore press, (Sunpapers and Afro American)
from those on the Maryland Shore (Salisbury Times, Cambridge Daily Banner,
Worcester Democrat).

In a broader sense the Workshop will  ponder the  difficulty of the  task
faced by the historian when reconstructing the truth of racial violence, and
documenting the vigilante assaults on the rule of law. For the ongoing
effort to document lynchings in Maryland, visit:  Judge Lynch's Court at:
http://www.mdslavery.net/ .

Presentations:

How Maryland Newspapers Reported on Lynching

	Professor Sherrilyn Ifill , University of Maryland School of Law
	Professor Ifill writes about the history of racial violence and
contemporary reconciliation efforts. 	Her book about truth and
reconciliation commissions for lynching entitled, On the Courthouse Lawn:
Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the 21st Century was released by
Beacon Books in February 2007.

Courage in the Time of Lynching

	Marion Elizabeth Rodgers is the author of Mencken: The American
Iconoclast, named "Top Ten Biographies 2005-2006" by Booklist Magazine and
rated "Top Ten Literary Best Sellers" by Library Journal. Her previous books
include Mencken & Sara: A Life.


Commentators:

	Dr. Edward C. Papenfuse
	Maryland State Archivist

	Dr. Papenfuse has held the positions of Maryland State Archivist and
Commissioner of Land Patents since 1975. As director of the extensive
activities of the Maryland State 	Archives in Annapolis, Dr. Papenfuse
is
responsible for the Archives' vast collection of 	government and
private
materials.


	C. Christopher Brown
	Professor Emeritus
	University of Maryland School of  Law

	Professor Brown is a partner in Brown, Goldstein and Levy, a small
litigation law firm and has served as General Counsel for the ACLU of
Maryland.

Moderator:

	Christopher E. Haley,
	Maryland State Archives

	Mr. Haley is the Research Director for the Archives' History of
Slavery in Maryland.

REGISTRATION

The cost of the Workshop is $10
Student registration is free (ID required)

Register on-line at
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=106440
Online registration will be confirmed by e-mail and tickets will be held at
the door. You may also pay at the door. Please register early, as seating is
limited.

Questions
Inquiries should be directed to Marie Schwartz: e-mail
baltimorehistory at law.umaryland.edu, phone, 410-706-3838.

Directions and Parking
>From I-95 take route 395 (downtown Baltimore) and exit on Russell Street.
Turn left at blinking yellow light and right at light on to Russell Street.
Russell Street becomes Paca Street. Proceed five blocks and justpast
Baltimore St., turn right into the Baltimore Grand Garage at 5 N. Paca St.
Parking fees are the responsibility of the participants. Westminster Hall
may be accessed through the Law School entrance at the corner of Baltimore
and Paca Sts.




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