Ten to 12 speakers will share their life experiences during an oral history workshop at the Kansas Union Ballroom on March 18.

The Hall Center for the Humanities will hold “Learning to Hear the Stories VI: Listening in the Borderlands,” which will also detail the history and relationship of Native American and African-American culture, said Victor Bailey, director of the Hall Center for Humanities.

“The point of the workshop is to get subjects and themes that conventional archives don’t allow you to get in the same way,” Bailey said.

Conventional archives could be letters, diaries or any other written documentation; many of these forms of communication have been lost in the past 20 to 30 years.

The primary speakers are Angela Y. Walton-Raji, an Arkansas Native American, and Patrick Minges, a professor at Davidson Middle College in Lexington, N.C. Both will discuss slave narratives.

Bailey said that the event is not a campus event, even though it will be held on campus. The event is open to anyone, and Bailey expects KU graduate students, faculty and individuals from museums and archives at the workshop. Individuals who register by Feb. 28 will receive a complimentary lunch at the workshop. Bailey said that the workshop attracted 200 people last year and a similar turnout is expected this year.