2026 W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture Series
Thursday, February 26, 2026
5:30–6:30 pm
014 Lowder Hall
Crystal R. Sanders, PhD
Department of African American Studies, Emory University
"Pursuing 'Their Highest Potential': Black Southerners and Graduate Education During the Era of Legal Segregation"
Dr. Sanders will discuss work from her award-winning book, A Forgotten Migration, detailing the complex history of Black education in the South.
Light refreshments will be served before the lecture. Free and open to all.
Co-sponsored by BGPSA, Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities, Department of History, CLA Strategic Initiatives & Programs, and Phi Beta Kappa
For more information, contact Dr. Ernest L. Gibson III at elg0036@auburn.edu.