Dr. Larissa Fergeson presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History entitled “To Tell the Truth(s): Interpreting Civil Rights History in Prince Edward County.” The topic of the paper panel was “Why Not 1951?: Rethinking Civil Rights Anniversaries” and also included Caroline Emmons, Associate Professor of History at Hampden-Sydney College, who gave a paper on the 1951 murder of Florida civil rights activist Harry T. Moore.
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