History Department, Museum Center Co-Host Bicentennial Speaker
Ohios Bicentennial celebration will bring James O. Horton from George Washington University to Cincinnati to discuss Statehood and After: Settlement, Culture and Social Change on Thursday, April 10, at Cincinnati Museum Center.
The Cincinnati lecture is co-sponsored by UCs
in the
McMicken College of Arts and Sciences
and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
Dr. Hortons lecture is part of the Ohio and the World lecture series presented by the Ohio Bicentennial Commission, the Ohio State University and the Ohio Humanities Council. One of 40 Bicentennial Legacy Projects, the seven-part lecture series profiles Ohio at 50-year intervals from before statehood to present day with each lecture given in Columbus and also one other site around Ohio.
Horton is the Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Studies and History at George Washington University and also serves as director of the Afro-American Communities Project of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution. He serves as historical adviser to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, the National Park Service, the White House and the Disney Corporation. In 2001, Rutgers University Press published his most recent book, Hard Road to Freedom: The Story of African America.
The lecture begins at 7:45 p.m. in the Reakirt Auditorium, Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, 1301 Western Ave. The lecture is free and open to the public. Registration is not required.
The evening begins with an optional reception and dinner at $30 per person. To reserve a place at dinner, which begins at 6 p.m., please contact:
Ruby Rogers
Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal
1301 Western Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45203
(513) 287-7080 phone
(513) 287-7095 fax
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