Kaysville History Conference: Utah in the Black Motorist's Guides

5th Anniversary Tell the Story History Conference:

The Black Motorist's Safety Travel Guides

Kaysville –-- In-Person & Virtual

! BONUS CONFERENCE EVENT !

During this our 5th Birthday Year as an organization and 10th Anniversary Year of our Tell the Story Black History Conference, we are doing a BONUS CONFERENCE EVENT.

In 2015 Sema Hadithi Foundation's Founder Robert Burch created a Black history conference. He kept that conference going for five years, not knowing that he would found this organization in 2020. When he did, he brought the conference into the organization. This year -- 2025 -- we celebrate TEN YEARS of the Tell the Story Black History Conference and FIVE YEARS of Sema Hadithi Foundation.

This year we will share results from our team that has spent the last three years researching the Black Motorist's Safety Travel Guides. WHAT are those? Many people have heard of "The Green Book" created by Victor Green in 1936 during the Jim Crow Law Era to help Black American motorists travel safely for work and vacation. Did you know that there were actually SEVERAL such guides? They all served the same purpose, but not all locations were listed in each guide. A few Utah locations are listed in "The Green Book". We found many more Utah locations in the other guides. Come learn about those locations and the creation of the Middle Class in the United State.

Class Schedule

10:00 am – 10:15 am – Conference Opening

10:15 am – 10:30 am – Welcome by Robert Burch, Executive Director, Sema Hadithi Foundation

10:30 am – 11:50 – The Kate Holbrook Black American History Advocate Speach: "Women in the Green Book" by Jessica Guyyn

Q&A will follow.

12:00 noon – 12:50 pm: Lunch

1:00 – 2:40 pm – “Utah in the Black Motorist’s Safety Travel Guides”. Panelists: Christine Cooper-Rompato, Eden Marroquin, Ella Stott, Morgan Evans, and Yasamin Osqueezadeh

Q&A will follow.

3:05 pm – 4:05 pm – Class still in process of confirmation

Q&A will follow.

4:25 – 5:00 pm – Interactive Session on the Black Motorist’s Safety Travel Guides

In-Person Cost

$10 individual class + $3 processing fees = $13.00 > Individual Class

$70 cost of conference + $7 processing fees = $77.00 > Full Conference WITHOUT Lunch

$90 cost of conference + $8 processing fees = $98.00 > Full Conference WITH Lunch

(Thank you for covering the system fee so our non-profit 501c3 will have more money to continue our Black history research and make new exhibits to circulate Utah.)

Virtual Cost

$10 individual class + $3 processing fees = $13.00 > Individual Class

$50 for conference + $6 processing fees = $56.00 > Full Conference (you provide your own lunch)

(Thank you for covering the system fee so our non-profit 501c3 will have more money to continue our Black history research and make new exhibits to circulate Utah.)

Location

True Vine Baptist Church

Fellowship Hall

197 West 100 South

Kaysville, UT 84037

**Parking**

FREE parking on premises: front, side, and back

EASY ACCESS to Fellowship Hall is from back parking lot door

**Additional Information**

>Donated items will be available for auction in-person.

Lunch Menu

To celebrate our Black American Ancestors who traveled the open road, we will serve a traditional packed lunch that they would have prepared and taken with them.

Fried Chicken (in-bone)

Mashed potatoes

Biscuits

Maccaroni and cheese

Red beans and rice

Tossed green salad w/tomatoes & cucumbers & carrots

Potato salad

Salad dressings: Ranch and Italian (regular)

Dessert:

Banana Pudding (courtesy of Parfe Diem)

Drinks: Lemonade and Old Fashioned Red Drank

CELEBRATE OUR 5th ANNIVERSARY YEAR WITH US ENJOYING LEARNING ABOUT UTAH'S BLACK HISTORY & CELEBRATING THOSE BLACK AMERICANS WHO BRAVELY TRAVELED THE OPEN ROAD.

NOTE

• NO REFUNDS

• Eventbrite processing fees have been added to the cost to enable us to collect more money to do more Utah Black History research.
• Advance Purchase on Eventbrite
• On-Site / Day-Of Purchase: Venmo and Cash ONLY

Host or Publisher Sema Hadithi Af Am Heritage & Culture Foundation