The Philadelphia Society’s Fall Regional Meeting

October 1-2, 2004, Westin Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Black History and Conservative Principles

For a lively account of our Second National Meeting, March 4-5, 1966, on Civil Rights, see the excerpt written by James J. Kilpatrick in National Review.  

Friday

7:00 - 9:00     Dinner

                     Midge Decter, The Heritage Foundation, Chairman

                     Bill Campbell, Secretary, Welcome to Philadelphia

                     Shelby Steele, The Hoover Institution 

Saturday

    8:30 - 10:00 Twists and Turns in Black History

                     Jay Parker, The Lincoln Institute, Chairman

                     William B. Allen, Michigan State University, Rethinking Uncle Tom: Wrong Turns in Black History

                     Mark Malvasi, Randolph-Macon College

                     Herman Belz, University of Maryland, Race and Identity Politics: Confusions Compounded   

  10:15 - 11:45 The Uneasy Case for Elites and Excellence

                     Ken Masugi, The Claremont Institute, Chairman

                     Peter Schramm, Ashland University, Booker T. Washington, Citizens, and the American Standard

                     Steven D. Ealy, Liberty Fund, Inc., Agrarian Reflections on Civil Rights

                     Lucas Morel, Washington & Lee University, The Diversity of American Individualism in Ralph Ellison 

Luncheon

    12:00 - 1:30 The Uniqueness of the Civil Rights Movement  

                        Bruce P. Frohnen, Ave Maria School of Law, Chairman

                         Wilfred McClay, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Luncheon Presentation 

      2:00 - 3:30   Political Economy and Black History

                        Richard W. Rahn, Discovery Institute, Chairman

                        David M. Levy, Center for Public Choice

                        Walter E. Williams, George Mason University                                                      

      4:00 - 5:30 Where Do We Go From Here?

                     Lee H. Walker, The New Coalition, Chairman

                     Stephan Thernstrom, Harvard University 

                    Abigail Thernstrom, Manhattan Institute

                     Carol Swain, Vanderbilt University

                     Barbara J. Elliott, Center for Renewal

Our good friend and member, Gordon Lloyd, has prepared an interactive map of Philadelphia which locates the
political significance of downtown Philadelphia for those of you who have the time to visit before or after the meeting.