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Flyer for Book Talk with Michael Thurmond
Hosted by MGA on September 18th, 2024.
About the Speaker
Michael L. Thurmond is the chief executive officer of DeKalb County, Georgia. He is the author of James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia, Freedom: Georgia’s Antislavery Heritage, 1733-1865, and a Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History. Thurmond has previously served in the Georgia legislature, as director of Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services, Georgia labor commissioner, and as superintendent of DeKalb schools.
In 1997, Thurmond became a distinguished lecturer at the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government. He lives in Stone Mountain, Georgia.
Event Schedule
- Book Signing | 10:00am to 10:45am | Located at Center for Middle Georgia Studies
- Book Talk | 11:00am to 12:00pm | Located at the School of Arts and Letters Auditorium
- Book Signing & Talk | 2pm tp 3:30pm | Location at Washington Memorial Library.
For additional information please contact the Center for Middle Georgia Studies: .