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Pulitzer Winner Speaks on Black History
Saturday February 23, 2013
09:30 AM

The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society holds its monthly general
meeting on Saturday, February 23, at the First Presbyterian Church, 21 E.
Constance at State Street, 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. 

This month’s speaker is Dr. Leon Litwack, Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley.  A
Santa Barbara native, Leon Litwack is an American historian whose works focus
on slavery, the Reconstruction Era of the United States, and its aftermath into
the 20th century. He won a National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the
Francis Parkman Prize for his 1979 book, Been In the Storm So Long: The
Aftermath of Slavery. He also received a Guggenheim Fellowship.

He retired to emeritus status in 2007 at the University of California Berkeley,
where he received the Golden Apple Award for Outstanding Teaching. Then he
went on a lecture tour that led to his latest book, How Free Is Free?: The Long
Death of Jim Crow (2009).

Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to hear a true pioneer in black history
speak directly on the subject.

Special interest Groups meet at 9:30am for Beginning Genealogy, German
Ancestry, and Computer Genealogy and 9:00am for JewishGen.  Featured
program starts at 10:30am.

Come join us. You do not need to be a member to enjoy this wonderful
presentation.

A calendar of genealogical events can be found at the Society web site
(http://sbgen.org/events.php).

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