Montgomery Conference
2025 Montgomery Conference Panels
Friday, March 21
Registration & Legacy Museum Tours
Friday, March 21, 9:00 a.m.
Registration opens. Sign up for one of two Legacy Museum tours. Other Equal Justice Initiative sites can be accessed at your leisure. A museum shuttle can transport attendees to a riverboat for access to the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park. The riverboat leaves every hour on the half-hour, 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Group 1 Attends the Legacy Museum
Friday, March 21, 10:00 a.m.
Group 2 Attends the Legacy Museum
Friday, March 21, 1:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Friday, March 21, 5:00–7:00 p.m.
Welcome reception at The NewSouth Bookstore, 105 S. Court Street, Montgomery, AL 36104.
Saturday, March 22
All sessions at Troy University – Montgomery, 231 Montgomery St.
Registration & Coffee Service
Saturday, March 22, 8:30 a.m.
Conference Keynote: A’Lelia Bundles
Saturday, March 22, 9:00–10:00 a.m.
Panel 1: “Looking Past Icons: Eyeing Unsung Figures as Vital Biography Subjects”
Saturday, March 22, 10:15–11:15 a.m.
Moderator: Eric K. Washington
Panelists: Rachel Swarns, Kevin McGruder
Panel 2: “Black Women’s Biographies and the Gaps They Fill”
Saturday, March 22, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Moderator: Tamara Payne
Panelists: Maryemma Graham, Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Luncheon with Featured Speaker: David Greenberg
Saturday, March 22, 12:45–2:00 p.m.
Panel 3: “Approaching Research/Filling in the Gaps”
Saturday, March 22, 2:15–3:15 p.m.
Moderator: Carla Kaplan
Panelists: Hannah Durkin, Tanisha C. Ford
Panel 4: “Writing Biography: A Discussion on Craft”
Saturday, March 22, 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Moderator: Steve Paul
Panelists: Tamara Payne, Ray Anthony Shepard, Eric K. Washington
Reception and Closing Dinner
Saturday, March 22, 5:00–7:30 p.m.