Milestones to Freedom: Emancipation Proclamation, Harriet Tubman, and the March on Washington - a Legacy and a Future The year 2013 is the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the 100th anniversary of the death of Harriet Tubman and the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. These, and other key anniversary events, are milestones along the road to achieving Martin Luther King’s vision articulated in his “I Have a Dream” speech. This 12th annual conference on the Underground Railroad seeks to connect the Underground Railroad, these key events and present day struggles for freedom and justice. Toward this end the committee solicits proposals that elaborate, analyze and articulate these stories, connections within them and their relationship to the present. We invite proposals that address reinterpretations, teaching, new research, and that illustrate how such research can be used to celebrate the story historically and contemporarily, as well as other proposals related to the Underground Railroad in the past and its relationship with us today. Details are available at www.UndergroundRailroadHistory.org or by calling 518-432-4432 The conference is April 12-14, 2013 at Russell Sage College in Troy and Albany, NY.