[ press release
]
Jan. 9, 2007
Contact: Deidre Stalnaker
UA Public Relations
205/348-3782
dstalnaker@ur.ua.edu
Source: Dr. Kari Frederickson, director of the
Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the South, 205/348-1862
BOXING BIOGRAPHER,
SPORTS HISTORIAN
TO SPEAK AT UA
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Dr.
Randy W. Roberts, a sports historian, will give a public lecture
in 205 Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus, Wednesday,
Jan. 24 at 4:30 p.m.
The lecture, entitled “When
Boxing Mattered: Joe Louis, America and the World,” is sponsored
by the Frances S. Summersell Center
for the Study of the South.
Named for the wife of former history department
chairman Charles Summersell, the Center is dedicated to promoting
the history of the South through public lectures, research projects,
conferences and internships.
Roberts specializes in recent U.S. history, U.S. sports
history and the history of popular culture. He is the author of more
than 10 books, including biographies of boxers Jack Johnson and Jack
Dempsey. Roberts is a professor at Purdue University, and he was
recognized as 2006 Indiana Professor of the Year.
The talk is free and open to
the public. For more information, contact Dr. Kari Frederickson,
director of the Frances S. Summersell Center for the Study of the
South, at 205/348-1862.
The UA history
department is part of the College of Arts and Sciences, the University’s
largest division and the largest public liberal arts college in the
state. Students from the College have won numerous national awards
including Rhodes Scholarships, Goldwater Scholarships and memberships
on the “USA Today” Academic All American
Team.
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