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Annual LWVGB
Holiday Luncheon
Make your reservation by Nov. 29th.

[Note: The deadline for reservations has passed, but if you would like to attend the LWVGB Holiday Luncheon, please contact Leonette Slay at lwslay@cs.com or (205) 823-7315, and we will let you know if we can accept your reservation. Thank you! ]


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Friday, December 6, 2019,
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Buffet at Rojo Restaurant
2921 Highland Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35205

"The Fight for Women's Suffrage in Alabama"
Presented by Guest Speaker
Dr. Valerie Burnes,
Associate Professor of History,
University of West Alabama


Due to space limitations, at this time the Holiday Luncheon is reserved for LWVGB members only. Not a member? If you are at least 16 years old, we welcome your membership. Join the League today! (Check our calendar often for other LWVGB events. Most are open to the public.)

Reservation deadline for this event is November 29th. Make your reservation soon!


About Dr. Burnes

A native of Talladega, Valerie Pope Burnes began her sojourn in Alabama's Black Belt as a student at Judson College in Marion. Burnes later earned a PhD in History from Auburn University. Her dissertation examined the lives of African Americans in Perry County from slavery, through the Civil Rights Movement, and into the 21st century. After teaching at Judson, Burnes and her husband, Brian, moved to Livingston to teach at the University of West Alabama, where Burnes is an Asso. Professor of History. She served as Director of the Center for the Study of the Black Belt at UWA from 2008-2014, during which time she founded the Black Belt Archives, the Black Belt Hall of Fame, and the Black Belt Oral History Project. Her book, "Visions of the Black Belt: A Cultural Survey of the Heart of Alabama," in conjunction with photographer Robin McDonald, examines the complex history of the region from an outsider who developed a love for her adopted land. Burnes served as president of the Alabama Historical Association from 2018-2019, and has served as president of the Sumter County Historical Society for three years. She is a Bicentennial scholar for the Alabama Humanities Foundation, and serves as the chair of a statewide committee to identify sites in Alabama associated with the women's suffrage movement.