Saturday, March 25 2017, 2pm Auditorium, Russell Special Collections Library 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
