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CHAUTAUQUA: William H. Turner - "The Harlan Renaissance" - Black History Keynote

  
EKU Chautauqua Presents:

William H. Turner
“The Harlan Renaissance”
Thursday, February 9, 7:30 PM
O’Donnell Hall, Whitlock Building
***Keynote Address for National Black History Month***

William H. Turner is a sociologist and anthropologist and the author of the acclaimed book. The Harlan Renaissance: A Memoir of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns, winner of the Weatherford Award for Nonfiction. Turner, the fifth of ten children, was born in 1946 in the coal town of Lynch, Kentucky, in Harlan County. His grandfathers, his father, four uncles and an older brother were coal miners.

After completing a sociology degree at the University of Kentucky, Bill Turner went on to earn a Masters in Sociology and the PhD in Sociology and Anthropology from Notre Dame University, before pursuing post-doctoral studies at both the University of Pennsylvania and Duke University.

Event Date: February 09  7:30 PM  Location: O'Donnell Hall, Whitlock Building  Cost: Free
Contact Information: Erik Liddell, 8596222267

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