The Making of Alachua County: Past, Present, and the Future

Name: The Making of Alachua County: Past, Present, and the Future
Start: 2024-12-07T09:45:00-05:00
End: 2024-12-07T15:30:00-05:00
Location: 513 E University Ave, Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32601

Schedule

Sat Dec 07 2024 at 09:45 am to 03:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

513 E University Ave, Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32601 | Gainesville, FL

Next year Alachua County turns 200 years old! The Alachua County African & African American Historical Society is hosting a bicentennial symposium at the Matheson History Museum about the history of Alachua County's Black community. The day will include ten speakers, multicultural foods, music, posters, and exhibits.
Visit the Matheson website to download a copy of the program: http://www.mathesonmuseum.org/events.
Speakers include:
Dr. James Cusick, PK Yonge FL Library
Dr. Anthony Dixon, Archival Associates
Dr. Jane L. Landers, Vanderbilt University
Dr. Rik Stevenson, AASP, UF
Dr. Connie L. Lester, UCF
Dr. Alyssa Cole, AASP, UF
Karen Kirkman, Historic Haile Homestead
Phyllis Marty, Career Source NCF
Carl Smart, Alachua County Manager's Office
E. Stanley Richardson, Poet
This incredible symposium is sponsored by the Matheson History Museum, Alachua County, UF's Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, the Cotton Club Museum & Cultural Center, and UF African American Studies.