The Historic Orange Mound Lecture Series with Dr. Charles Williams

Name: The Historic Orange Mound Lecture Series with Dr. Charles Williams
Start: 2025-08-30T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-08-30T12:30:00-05:00
Location: 843 Dallas St, Memphis, TN 38114-2507, United States

Schedule

Sat Aug 30 2025 at 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

843 Dallas St, Memphis, TN 38114-2507, United States | Memphis, TN

Join us for The Historic Orange Mound Lectures led by anthropologist, Dr. Charles Williams. Dr. Williams will speak on the different dimensions of Orange Mound’s social infrastructure that act as the foundation for the community and have been the catalysts for its historical achievements. Topics will be covered at the following days and times:
June 28, 11:00am-12:30pm - The Church and Religion in Orange Mound
August 30, 11:00am-12:30pm - The Family in Orange Mound
October 25, 11:00am-12:30pm - The Schools in Orange Mound
December 20, 11:00am-12:30pm - Entrepreneurship and Businesses in Orange Mound
Dr. Williams is the author of African American Life and Culture in Orange Mound: Case Study of a Black Community in Memphis, Tennessee, 1890-1980, an extensive study of the community grounded in decades of research.