Dr. Sarah Case Editor The Public Historian The Public Historian Thu, 09/07/2023 - 4:00pm 221 LeConte Hall Join us for a research talk by Dr. Sarah Case, “Race, Reform, and Religious Faith: The Life and Tragic Death of Athens’ Juliette Derricotte.” Sarah Case is a lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Editor of The Public Historian. Athens-born Juliette Derricotte was a nationally known early twentieth-century reformer and educator, active in the leadership of the YWCA and Dean of Women at Fisk University in Nashville, who embraced the radical possibilities of Christian love to combat racial divisiveness. A cruelly tragic accident as she traveled home to Athens in 1931 laid bare the limitations of that approach, even while reshaping the student Y and anticipating one strain of the long civil rights movement. Free and open to the public. This is an FYO event. Flier for research talk with Sarah Case Sept 7, 4pm. (429.73 KB)
