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2011 National Race Amity Conference

The National Race Amity Conference will gather people from across the nation to forge a shared vision and experience of compassionate, authentic, and propellant relationships across racial differences. The Conference mission is built on the premise that when we come to know each other, and communicate deeply and authentically, racism begins to unravel and new realities become possible – even inevitable.

History of the National Race Amity Conference

The national Race Amity Conference is inspired by the United States' first race amity conference held in Washington, D.C. in 1921. The principal organizers of the original conference were Washington socialite Agnes Parsons, whose great grandfather was Secretary of the Navy under George Washington, and Louis Gregory, a Treasury Department lawyer, whose father served in the first black Civil War regiment, the South Carolina First Volunteer Colored Regiment. The two, though from very different backgrounds, worked together as co-religionists of the Baha'i Faith and were advised and supported by Nebraska Senator Moses Clapp. They gathered others, mostly courageous women, to assist with the conference preparations. On May 19, 1921, the National Race Amity Convention assembled in Washington, D.C. at the first Congregational Church, which was known for its opposition to racial prejudice. Over 1,500 diverse participants gathered for the opening day, a marked contrast for the ciy in the wake of widespread racist rioting and lynching in the Red Summer of 1919. The mission of the conference adorned the front page of the even program:

The great work we have to do and for which this conference is called is the establishment of amity between the white and colored people of our land. When we have pur our own house in order, then we may be trusted to carry the message of universal peace to all mankind.

Conference Speakers and Activities

Conference Keynote Presenters

The National Race Amity Conference will offer several exciting Keynote presentations during each day of the conference.   includes are U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Harvard University Law Professor Charles Ogletree, Civil Rights leader and media innovator Xernona Clayton, Edward James Olmos.

Sector Keynote Presenters

Sector Keynote Speakers will present a more focused presentation in terms of the amity sectors around which the conference is organized: Arts and Entertainment, Business, Education, Community Service, Education, Government Agencies, Information Media, Law, Spirituality, and Sports. Sector Keynote presenters includ