{"id":277,"date":"2026-06-06T12:14:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/?page_id=277"},"modified":"2026-06-06T12:45:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:45:03","slug":"2026-conference-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/2026-conference-program\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Conference Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"277\" class=\"elementor elementor-277\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-940d77c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"940d77c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d454370 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d454370\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/SDUSMP-Logo-small-1-rl8eu5blssdfbres9xle577t4jztzada6ujrzei2xk.png\" title=\"SDUSMP-Logo-small-1.png\" alt=\"SDUSMP-Logo-small-1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-396ba0da e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"396ba0da\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18240515 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18240515\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Sons &amp; Daughters of the United States Middle Passage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">2026 Conference Program <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday, June 6, 2026 | 9:30am EST<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9:30am<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Welcoming Remarks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9:35am<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remembrance Ceremony<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10:00am &#8211; 10:50am <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keynote Address &#8211; Sharece Blakney<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Q&amp;A with Keynote Speaker<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10:50am &#8211; 11:00am<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Break<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11:00am<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phillis Wheatley Literary Awards Presentation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism<\/em> by Brian Kwoba<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Maya&#8217;s Exciting Day at the African American Inventors Museum<\/em> by Michelle Knight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Charlotte Ray: Trailblazing Lawyer<\/em> by Nancy Loewen <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Entangled Alliances: Radicalized Freedom and Atlantic Diplomacy During the American Revolution<\/em> by  Ronald Angelo Johnson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe<\/em> by. Marlene L. Daut<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Child X<\/em> by Jamie Mustard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks<\/em>, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers by Cheryl McKissack Daniel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Early County Massacre, The: Goolsby vs. The State of Georgia<\/em> by Orice Jenkins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11:30am<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Service Awards Presentation <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chairperson&#8217;s Award &#8211; Nikki Williams Sebastian<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ida B. Wells Leadership Award &#8211; Sharece Blakney<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crispus Attucks Leadership Award &#8211; Michelle Cousins Wherry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>William Wells Brown Leadership Award &#8211; Jacqueline Long<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Solomon Northup Family Service Award &#8211; The Flateau Family<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harriet Tubman Leadership Award &#8211; Ruth D. Hunt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12:00pm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Closing Comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sons &amp; Daughters of the United States Middle Passage 2026 Conference Program Saturday, June 6, 2026 | 9:30am EST 9:30am [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-277","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":428,"href":"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/277\/revisions\/428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdusmp.org\/conference2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}