Everyone,

Here are a couple of lectures—free and open to the public—at VCU on Thursday, 17 November, of interest to Virginia historians.

At 1 p.m., at the Richmond Salon, Rooms 3-4, of the VCU Student Commons, the 7th Annual Crenshaw Lecture on Virginia Women’s History features Dr. Elsa Barkley Brown, author, professor at the University of Maryland and award winner. Her lecture, The Politics of Labor: African American Women Serving and Organizing is free and open to the public, with light refreshments to follow.

Stick around (go see Cabell Library’s expansion)!

At 4 p.m., at the Forum Room of the VCU Student Commons, Dr. Caroline Emmons, of Hampden-Sydney College, will speak on “A Tremendous Job To Be Done: African American Women in the Virginia Civil Rights Movement.” The civil rights movement in Virginia, much less the roles in it of African American women, has been understudied, so this is a welcome and interesting presentation. This lecture is sponsored by the Alexandrian Society, a student organization of the VCU History Department.

For maps and directions, see http://www.maps.vcu.edu/monroepark/univcommons/

Best,

John


John T. Kneebone
5107 Caledonia Road
Richmond, VA 23225
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