[ press release
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Feb. 6, 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
ART EXHIBIT, HISTORIAN TO SPEAK AS PART OF ‘AN EVENING OF ART AND POLITICS’ AT UA
TUSCALOOSA,
Ala. – The Frances S. Summersell
Center for the Study of the South will present “An Evening
of Art and Politics,” in celebration of African American Heritage
Month, in the second floor conference room of Gorgas
Library on The University of Alabama campus, Wednesday, Feb.
14 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
The art exhibit will feature work by Amos
Kennedy Jr., a letterpress printer, book and paper maker from York, Ala.
Dr.
Curtis Austin, associate professor and co-director of the Center
for Oral History and Cultural Heritage at the University
of Southern Mississippi, will give a public lecture entitled “Southern
Discomfort: The Black Panther Party in the Heart of Dixie.”
Named for the wife of former history department chairman Charles Summersell,
the Center for the Study of the South is dedicated to promoting the history of
the South through public lectures, research projects, conferences and internships.
The lecture and exhibit are 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.
The University of Alabama, a student-centered research university, is in the
midst of a planned, steady enrollment growth with a goal of reaching 28,000 students
by 2010. This growth, which is positively impacting the campus and the state's
economy, is in keeping with UA's vision to be the university of choice for the
best and brightest students. UA, the state's flagship university, is an academic
community united in its commitment to enhancing the quality of life for all Alabamians.
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