This event is free and open to the public

A presentation illuminating the intersection of advocacy for women’s civil rights and advocacy for civil rights for African Americans in the period following the Civil War and into the early 20th century, paying special attention to the formation of associations and organizations.

About the speaker: Dr. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes is the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor Emerita of African-American Studies and Sociology at Colby College (Waterville, Maine). An ordained Baptist minister, she is an assistant pastor for special projects at the Union Baptist Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has served as visiting faculty at several seminaries and schools of divinity, most recently Chicago Theological Seminary. She holds degrees Northeastern University (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.), has pursued graduate theological studies at Boston University's School of Theology, and has received an honorary Doctor of Divinity (D. D.) from Ursinus College.

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