Event: Reflections on Emma Langdon Roche by Sylviane Diouf
Time: Thurs., April 16, 2015 at 6 p.m.
Event Type: Community Educational
Location: Bernheim Hall at Mobile Public Library
Cost: Free
Event Website: www.southernliterarytrail.org
Sponsor: Southern Literary Trials
Contact: Mobile Public Library at 251-208-7097 or the Society at 251-432-6161
Info: Sylviane A. Diouf is an award-winning historian and curator at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library. The Historic Mobile Preservation Society partners with the Southern Literary Trail along with the Mobile Public Library and the Mobile Arts Council for this presentation by Diouf, who will speak on Roche's influence. Dr. Kern Jackson of African-American Studies at the University of South Alabama will provide the introduction.