Athens, Ala. – February is Black History Month and Athens State
University is sponsoring three separate events to celebrate and
acknowledge the accomplishments of African Americans and their
impact on our national culture.
Tuesday, February 5th
A Table Topics panel discussion of The Status of Dr. King's Dream
will be held at noon on Tuesday, February 5th in the Chapel of
Founders Hall. This event is sponsored by the University's
Department of Religion and Ethics and the Livingston Concert Lecture
Series. The discussion is free and open to the public and will be
moderated by faculty member Clarence Johnston.
Tuesday, February 12th
Laura Caldwell Anderson will present a lecture entitled, "Mother’s
Day, 1961: The Freedom Rides in Alabama" at 2:00pm on
Tuesday, February 12th in McCandless Hall. Anderson, a
native of Rome, Georgia, is the Assistant Archivist at the
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Since 2003, she has engaged in
collections development and research, reference work with scholars
and students, public outreach, exhibition development, and
maintenance of the BCRI website. The lecture is free and open to
the public.
Thursday, February 21st
Ramona Hyman, PhD will present a lecture titled "Montgomery
Bus Boycott: The Literariness of a Political Movement" on
Thursday, February 21st at 7:00pm in McCandless Hall.
Hyman serves as an associate
professor of English at Oakwood University and an adjunct professor
at Alabama A&M University. She earned a B A and MA from Temple
University and Andrews University, respectively. She earned her
doctorate from the University of Alabama. Hyman has served an
adjudicator for Faculty Research Awards for the National Endowment
for the Humanities, Washington, D.C. and is a Consulting Editor for
Message Magazine. The lecture is free and open to the
public.
Both Anderson and Hyman's visits are sponsored by The Alabama
Humanities Foundation, the state affiliate of the National Endowment
for the Humanities. The Foundation brings scholars and the public
together to explore human values and meaning through the study of
history, literature, religion, philosophy, and other humanities
disciplines.
