10/8/2011 - Perry County Pathways Lecture Oct. 19

On October 19, Dr. Ashley A. Dumas, assistant professor of anthropology at The University of West Alabama, will present a lecture entitled The Longest Journey: Twelve Thousand Years of Native American Migration and Travel in Judson's Ramsay-McCrummen Chapel from 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

The lecture is one of three events offered in conjunction with the Smithsonian Museum's Main Street Exhibition, known as Journey Stories, which opened Sept. 29 in Marion’s Old Train Depot.* The lecture and related events are part of the "Perry County Pathways" emphasis, sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Foundation and Judson College's Office of Faith-Based Service Learning. 

Other emphases on the Judson campus include an exhibit on Alabama Baptist Beginnings (Bowling Library, Oct. 10-Nov. 10) and an oral history event focusing on the local civil rights movement (Nov. 10).

• November 10, 2011 - Civil Rights Activities in Perry County (A Live Oral History Event), Ramsay-McCrummen Chapel; 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon; Moderator, Dr. Billie Jean Young, artist-in-residence, Judson College
  

For more information, contact Beth Poole in the Judson College Development Office at 334.683.5154.

*The Journey Stories exhibit is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., plus Tuesday evenings from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

See the Perry County Chamber of Commerce Journey Stories Special Programs page for additional "Perry County Pathways" activities.  

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