Keynote Presentation with Michael Thurmond

14nov6:00 pmKeynote Presentation with Michael Thurmond2024-2025 Georgia History Festival Free Program

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The 2024-2025 Georgia History Festival lecture will feature Michael Thurmond, DeKalb County CEO, historian, former Commissioner of Labor, and former member of the Georgia General Assembly. This engaging lecture will highlight the founding of the Georgia colony under the leadership of General James Edward Oglethorpe and examines Oglethorpe’s philosophical and moral evolution from slave trader to abolitionist. Mr. Thurmond is also the author of Freedom: Georgia’s Antislavery Heritage, 1733-1865 and A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History.

The lecture will take place on Thursday, November 14, at 6:00 p.m., at Christ Church Episcopal, 28 Bull Street, in Savannah.

Major program support from Hyundai.

Time

November 14, 2024 6:00 pm

Location

Christ Church Episcopal

28 Bull Street, Savannah

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