Wednesday
April 9, 2008
7 p.m.
Borders
91st & Metcalf
Overland Park, Kansas
Our April speaker Rose Marie Kinder is a writer, editor, and teacher. She earned her degrees at the University of Arizona at Tucson. After receiving her Ph.D. in 1990, she returned to the Midwest to teach at the University of Central Missouri (UCM), where she became editor of [...]
Dr. Carmaletta Williams, the speaker for our March 12 meeting, gave a fascinating talk on geneaology, with a special emphasis on the specific problems of tracing African-American roots, such as:
• Family separation. In most southern states, slaves were sold from their families, who often never saw them again. Only in Kentucky and Tennessee were slave [...]
This month’s meeting takes place:
Wednesday
March 12, 2008
7 p.m.
Borders Books
91st & Metcalf
Overland Park, KS
Speaker: Dr. Carmaletta Williams
Our March speaker, Dr. Carmaletta Williams, Professor of English, Johnson County Community College, will speak on the subject of genealogy, that is, sleuthing your family history, with special emphasis on the difficulties of tracing the family history of African Americans.
Dr. [...]
