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Lecture, Wednesday, October 5, 2016 Robert T. Parker, superintendent of Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park, discusses the life and times of the woman who risked her life on the Underground Railroad rescuing African Americans from slavery and scouted for the Union Army during the Civil War. The national historical park is located in Cambridge, Maryland.

Lecture, Wednesday, September 21, 2016 Join National Park Service Ranger Nathan Johnson for a discussion of the life and home of Frederick Douglass, who rose to prominence in the 19th century as the abolitionist, human rights advocate and journalist. Ranger Johnson works at Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, Douglass’s residence at the time of his death in 1895 located in Washington, DC's Anacostia neighborhood.

Lecture, Wednesday, September 7, 2016 John T. Fowler, a National Park Service Ranger recounts the life and legacy of Mary McLeod Bethune, the famous educator who founded the National Council of Negro Women and served as a member of the Roosevelt Administration’s “Black Cabinet.” Mr. Fowler is a park guide at Bethune’s former residence in Washington, DC’s Logan Circle.

Lecture, Wednesday, September 14, 2016 Carter G. Woodson received his doctorate from Harvard University in 1912, taught history at Howard University, and was a founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. In 1926 he created the annual observance that later became Black History Month. National Park Service Ranger John T. Fowler joins us to discuss this historic site.

Lecture, Thursday, September 29, 2016 The Buffalo Soldiers consisted of all-black army units that served with distinction from the post-Civil War era through the Korean War. Anthony L. Powell will discuss the significant role that Buffalo Soldiers, including his ancestor First Sergeant Samuel N. Waller, played in the development of the American West and the creation of the national parks.

Lecture, Thursday, October 6, 2016 Professor Brenda L. Moore of the State University of New York at Buffalo discusses her book, "To Serve My Country, To Serve My Race: The Story of the Only African American WACs Stationed Overseas during World War II". Mary McLeod Bethune played a pivotal role in the overseas assignment of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-black, all female Women’s Army Corps unit deployed to England and France to clear a backlog of undelivered military mail addressed to soldiers at the front.

Lecture, Saturday, October 1, 2016 Before the National Park Service was created in 1916, many of the famous places we know today as national parks—such as Yosemite and Sequoia—were patrolled by U.S. Army units, including the Buffalo Soldiers. Anthony Powell presents a first-person, in-costume living history interpretation of a Buffalo Soldier in the National Parks circa 1904 and shares vivid background about the role these soldiers played in managing and protecting parklands.