Pathways to Freedom Black History Exhibit at CF

Jan. 13, 2012

The African-American Student Union of the College of Central Florida will present Pathways to Freedom Black History Exhibit in celebration of Black History Month.

The exhibit, which was developed by Leroy Chandler, will be on display Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 1-2, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Ewers Century Center, Room 108, at the Ocala Campus, 3001 S.W. College Road. Also at noon on Feb. 1, Chandler will present a lecture about the exhibit.

The collection consists of photographs, artwork, news articles, buttons and cards. On display will be more than 2,000 artifacts ranging from slave trade to the Civil War, from reconstruction and the Jim Crowe south to the Civil Rights movement and election of Barack Obama, America’s first black president.

For more information about the exhibit and lecture, contact Lisa Smith at 352-854-2322, ext. 1243.