Saturday, April 22, 2017

Joseph Carter Corbin: Educator Extraordinaire and Founder of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff by Gladys Turner Finney

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Butler Center Books
Little Rock, Arkansas
April 12, 2017
ISBN 978-1935106-21-0
$19.95
Available at: River Market Books & Gifts on the Main Library campus of the Central Arkansas Library System (CAL) in Little Rock and other bookstores; from online retailers; through the Chicago Distribution Center at (800) 621-2736; and at www.uapress.com
-University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Museum & Cultural Center-

Having operated now for more than 140 years, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) was founded in 1875 as Branch Normal College by Joseph Carter Corbin, a native of  Chillicothe, Ohio. and the son of former slaves.

Corbin, who had a classical education from Ohio University, was the first African American Superintendent of Public Education in Arkansas and built the school from the ground up.

May 27, 2017        Book available @ Patriots Freedom Festival
                              11:00 AM-5:00 PM
                              VA Medical Center

June 04, 2017        Author's Book Signing
                              College Hill Community Church
                              1547 Philadelphia Drive
                              1:00 P.M.

August 12, 2017    Author's Book Signing
                               National Arts Showcase
                               Tribute to our Crafts Masters
                               Crown Plaza
                               33 E 5th Street
                               1:30 P.M.

September 28,       Authors Book Signing
                              ASALH Conference
                              Continental/Mezzanine Level
                              Hilton Netherland Plaza
                              630 P.M-8:30 P.M.

October 21, 2017   Author's Book Signing
                               Barnes & Noble
                               2720 Towne Dr. Beavercreek
                               2:00- 5:00 P.M

February 25, 2018 Book Available
                               Shades of Blackness
                               A Perspective on African-American History in Word & Song
                               featuring Gladys Turner Finney, author
                               College Hill Community Church, PCUSA
                               1547 Philadelphia Drive
                               12:30 P.M.

  March 17, 2018    Book Available
                              Celebration of Women's History Month
                              ASALH
                              Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center
                              16 South Williams Street
                              2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.

  April 14, 2018     Book Available
                               Dayton-Inter-Alumni Council of the United Negro College Fund               
                               James E. Stamp Award Luncheon
                               Taste Restaurant- Trotwood
                               12:00 Noon

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