Coming of Age in Utopia: The Odyssey of an Idea 

 

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Time: Noon-1:00 PM

Place: Conference Rooms

 

Paul Gaston, historian and civil rights activist, will discuss and sign
his memoir, Coming of Age in Utopia, which reveals his deep roots in
Fairhope, the utopian Alabama community founded by his grandfather and
later led by his father. By the 1950s the South was changing and Gaston
looked to enter the struggle against racial injustice. His memoir
focuses on his career at the University of Virginia, where he taught
from 1957 to 1997. The story Gaston tells of social change both in the
city of Charlottesville and the University of Virginia is one in which
he played significant roles.

 

The Library of Virginia is located in historic downtown Richmond at 800
East Broad Street. There is free parking for this event in the Library's
underground garage, which is accessible from either Eighth or Ninth
streets. For more information, please call 804-692-3592.

 

For more on other upcoming events at the Library of Virginia, visit
http://www.lva.virginia.gov/news/index.htm.

 

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Tameka B. Hobbs

Program & Education Manager

Education and Outreach Division

The Library of Virginia

800 East Broad Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000

804.371.2126 - office

804.692.3814 - fax 

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