The lecture will focus on the moral conflicts of the American Colonization Society, as seen through the eyes of Martha Erskine Harris Ricks, who rose from enslavement and discrimination to prosper in Liberia and meets with Queen Victoria in London later in life.

Joseph P. Stinnett is the former editor of The News & Advance and The Roanoke Times. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Virginia. This is his first book.

Stinnett’s lecture is co-sponsored by the history department and the John Franklin East Distinguished Chair in the Humanities.

For more information, contact Dr. Lisa L. Crutchfield, associate professor of history, at [email protected] or 434.544.8745.