UTSA hosts special MLK lecture by George C. Wright, president of Prairie View A&M University
George C. Wright, President of Prairie View A&M University,
George C. Wright, President of Prairie View A&M University,
Share this Story(Feb. 26, 2016) --The UTSA Office of the President and the UTSA African American Studies Program will present a special lecture by scholar George C. Wright at 3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 29 at the Retama Auditorium (UC 2.02.02) on the UTSA Main Campus.
Wright’s lecture will touch upon, among other things, the impact of Black History Month. The event is free and open to the public and will feature a short question and answer segment. A short reception will immediately follow.
Wright is the seventh president of Prairie View A&M University, the second oldest public institution of higher education in Texas.
“We are honored to have Dr. George C. Wright, a distinguished scholar of African American history visit our campus for this lecture,” said Theodorea Berry, director of the UTSA African American Studies Program. “Dr. Wright’s insight and expertise are sure to be of great value to our students and community.”
Wright has previously served on the editorial board for the Southern Biography Series at Louisiana State University, the board of editors of the Journal of Southern History and the Southern Historical Association Program Committee.
He is the author of several acclaimed books, including “Life Behind the Veil: Blacks in Louisville, Kentucky, 1865-1930” and “Racial Violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940: Lynchings, Mob Rule and ‘Legal Lynchings,’” for which he earned the Governor’s Award by the Kentucky Historical Society in 1990.
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