The annual Carter G. Woodson Lecture will take place February 6, with the chair of Harvard University’s Department of History as the guest lecturer.
The lecture will be delivered by the Carter G. Woodson Lyceum, a Marshall University organization dedicated to black history and addressing current issues. The theme of the lecture is “African Americans and the Vote”.
The theme of “African Americans and the Vote” is carried throughout the 2020 Black History Month. It refers to the 15th and 19th amendments, as well as the struggles that African Americans had even after the amendments were ratified, according to the Woodson Lyceum’s website.
Evelyn Higginbotham, the chair of Harvard University’s Department of History, is the guest speaker. Her most notable award was received in 2014: the National Humanities Medal, which was presented to her by former president Barack Obama in 2015, for “illuminating the African American journey”. Higginbotham is also the president of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History – an association that Carter G. Woodson himself created.
The lecture will begin at 4 P.M. February 6, in the Shawkey Room of the Marshall University Student Center. Vice Admiral Dr. Jerome M. Adams, US Surgeon General, will be lecturing at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center at 4 P.M. February 13.
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