Invisible No More Book Launch and Roundtable

900 Senate Street,Columbia SC 29201

17 January, 2022

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Celebrate the release of Invisible No More: The African American Experience at the University of South Carolina! Join us on Martin Luther King Jr. Day as we celebrate the release of Invisible No More: The African American Experience at the University of South Carolina, edited by Robert Greene II and Tyler D. Parry. This event will feature reflections on the creation of this remarkable work and two roundtable discussions with contributors to the volume. A book signing and reception will follow. Cosponsored by the African American Studies Program, the University of South Carolina Press, and the University of South Carolina Black Alumni Council. About the Book The University of South Carolina Press writes, "Since its founding in 1801, African Americans have played an integral, if too often overlooked, role in the history of the University of South Carolina. Invisible No More seeks to recover that historical legacy and reveal the many ways that African Americans have shaped the development of the university. The essays in this volume span the full sweep of the university's history, from the era of slavery to Reconstruction, Civil Rights to Black Power and Black Lives Matter. This collection represents the most comprehensive examination of the long history and complex relationship between African Americans and the university." Dr. Valinda W. Littlefield, associate professor of history and African American Studies at the University of South Carolina, provides the foreword in the work. Dr. Henrie Monteith Treadwell, research professor of community health and preventative medicine at Morehouse School of Medicine and one of the three African American students who desegregated the university in 1963, provides an afterword. Learn more about the book from the University of South Carolina Press. About the Editors Robert Greene II earned his PhD in history from the University of South Carolina. He is an assistant professor of history at Claflin University. Dr. Greene has also published in a number of magazines and websites including The Nation, Jacobin, Dissent, Scalawag, and Current Affairs. Tyler D. Parry is an assistant professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is the author of Jumping the Broom: The Surprising Multicultural Origins of a Black Wedding Ritual. Dr. Parry earned his PhD in history from the University of South Carolina. Parking The adjoining Park Street parking garage is managed by the City of Columbia who charges an hourly rate. Parking spots in this parking garage are subject to availability and cannot be guaranteed by the Alumni Center. Entrances to the garage are located on both Park and Pendleton Streets.