A Conversation about Slavery at UGA and the Baldwin Site Burials

A Conversation about Slavery at UGA and the Baldwin Site Burials: Questions and Answers from UGA faculty, students, and Athens community leaders. The event will be held in the Russell Auditorium on the second floor of the library. It will begin with a panel discussion and include an extended Q&A period to engage with the audience. Free and open to the public. Parking info below.



Participants include:

Valerie Babb, Director, Institute of African-American Studies, UGA

Mansur Buffins, UGA NAACP

Linda E. Davis, President, Bethlehem Cemetery Society and Coordinator, Brooklyn Cemetery Restoration

Chana Kai Lee, History Department, UGA

Charlotte Thomas Marshall, Independent Scholar, Oconee Cemetery historian

Carolyn Jones Medine, Department of Religion, UGA

Scott Nesbit, College of Environment and Design, UGA

Laurie Reitsema, Anthropology Department, UGA

Dan Rood, History Department, UGA

Fred Smith, Sr., Co-Chair, Athens Black History Bowl Committee

Michael L. Thurmond, author of _Freedom: Georgia's Antislavery Heritage, 1733-1865_



Parking is free at the Hull Street deck and in the W lots around the Russell Library.



Sponsored by:

Department of History, University of Georgia

Institute for African-American Studies, University of Georgia

Department of Anthropology, University of Georgia

Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement

Athens for Everyone