Reflections on the Wanderer

The terrific Global Georgia Initiative brought to us all by the Willson Center will conclude next week on March 5 with a lecture by English professor and director of the Institute for African American Studies, Valerie Babb. Her lecture will be "In the Footfalls of Diaspora: Reflections on the Wanderer."

The Wanderer is the last documented ship to bring a cargo of slaves to the United States (on November 28, 1858). When the ship reached Jekyll Island, approximately 409 of the enslaved Africans had survived.

The lecture is at 5:30 p.m. in the lab at Cine on Hancock Street in downtown Athens. The lecture will be preceded by a reception at 5 p.m. Barbara McCaskill, professor and co-director of the Civil Rights Digital Library Initiative will introduce Dr. Babb.

Great stuff. Not to be missed.