Foundation Friday: Foundation helps get African American Historian to campus

Stephen Kevlin

 

The Foundation was happy to sponsor a talk by Oscar Williams, Ph.D., chair of Africana Studies at University at Albany, who presented Reflections on Themes from the ‘Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle’ Series on Tuesday, March 17 in the BTC Auditorium.

Dr. Williams is an expert on 19th and 20th century African American history and lead a dialogue that examined the long history of civil rights struggles in America considered in the context of current events.

Left to Right: Matt '16, Jessica Gilbert, College Success Specialist and Black and Latino Student Union Advisor, Dr. Oscar Williams, and Brenda Hazard, Library Director
Left to Right: Matt ’16, Jessica Gilbert, College Success Specialist and Black and Latino Student Union Advisor, Dr. Oscar Williams, and Brenda Hazard, Library Director

 

Published: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 11:50:24 +0000 by g.miller