Schedule for 14th Union: A Melungeon Gathering
Wednesday:
Check in: afternoon and early evening
Informal gathering in: evening
Thursday:
9:00 Welcome and introductions: SJ Arthur and MHA Board of Directors
10:00 Dr. Terry Mullins Melungeon 101
11:00 Frank W. Sweet, Racial Classification in the US Census, 1790-2010
12-2 lunch break, Abraham Lincoln Museum open for tours
2:00 International musical program with many traditional instruments by Jeanne Bornefeld
3:00 Sharing Family and Community History, opening with a presentation by Johnnie Gibson Rhea followed by:
4:00 Informal group discussions
7:00: Outtakes from Julie Williams Dixon’s Melungeon Voices, and a reception following
Friday
9:30 Vardy Presbyterian School graduates welcome conferees to the Vardy Museum
10:30 Katherine Vande Brake speak about her work and issues in Melungeon history*
10:30 Tours of cabin off Mahala Mullins, and hayrides to other nearby sites in Vardy Valley*
12:00 box lunches
*lecture and tours will repeat after lunch
Return to LMU for dinner and evening event
7:00 keynote address by Professor Arwin D. Smallwood of the University of Memphis
Saturday
9:00 Four authors of Carolina Genesis: Beyond the Color Line symposium
11:00 Wayne Winkler, ongoing research on the historical drama “Walk Toward the Sunset”
12-2 lunch break
2:00 Jameson Jones, results of a survey of Melungeon-identified individuals
3:00 Dr. Jill Rowe, research on 19th century Melungeon communities in northwestern Ohio
4:00 MHA Annual Meeting, topic Claiming Kin: Unions, Associations and Mixed Heritage
* Schedule subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances