The School of Education is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a visit to campus on October 16-17, 2012 by Heather Williams, associate professor of history at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Prior to becoming a historian, Dr. Williams had a successful career as a civil rights attorney.
Of special interest to those of us in the School of Education, Dr. Williams is author of a seminal book on education during the period of slavery in the United States. Her book, Self-Taught: African American Education in Slavery and Freedom (University of North Carolina Press, 2005), has received several book awards, including the Lillian Smith Book Prize.
She is currently writing a book on separation of African American families during the antebellum period and efforts to reunify families following emancipation. Many of themes that she examines in ways that are anchored in the southern part of the United States have connections to and resonance with the history of Detroit and southeastern Michigan.
Dr. Williams will be giving a featured lecture on campus at 3 pm on October 16, and this lecture will be ope to the entire campus community as well as to the public. In addition to her public lecture, Dr. Williams will be meeting with students and faculty on October 17. More details regarding her schedule will be available in early fall.
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