Uncategorized | September 19, 2007
Quintard Taylor will speak about African-American history in the American West on Thursday, Sept. 20, at the University of Wyoming in Laramie.
Taylor’s presentation, entitled “At Home on the Plains: African-Americans and the Shaping of the American West,” begins at 7 p.m. in Room 133 of the Classroom Building.
Taylor, professor of American History at the University of Washington, has more than three decades of research and teaching experience. He recently launched a Web site at http://www.BlackPast.org, which serves as an reference center for African-American history.
His visit was organized by UW’s African American Studies Program.