Lessons from the Past and the Origins of Black History Month
Mon 3
February 2020
6:00 PM
Ended
The talk will discuss Dr. Carter G. Woodson and his motivation to
create what is now known as Black History Month and its significance
today. The conversation will also include an examination of historical
figures including Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, Dr. Howard Thurman and Mrs.
Rosa Parks. Dr. Ashley Robertson Preston is on faculty at UF’s
African American Studies department. She received a doctorate in
African Diaspora History/Public History from Howard University. Dr.
Preston’s teaches courses on Key Issues of Black Atlantic Thought
and Mary McLeod Bethune: Black Women and Social Activism. This event
is fund by Florida Humanities’ Florida Talks program in partnership
with the Suwannee River Regional Library System.
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