Lecture Series Coming to UM

Lecture Series Coming to UM

Eric H. Walther, professor of history at the University of Houston, will deliver a lecture titled “William Lowndes Yancey, the Conventions of 1860, and the Coming of the Civil War” as this year’s installment of the University of Mobile’s (UM) Billy G. Hinson Lecture Series.

The lecture will be held March 11 at 7 p.m. in Moorer Auditorium on the UM campus.

The event, which includes the lecture, a reception and a book signing, is open to the public.

According to Lonnie Burnett, professor of history at UM and director of the lecture series, this is the first in a series of programs designed to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War. Walther’s presentation will examine the role of secessionist William L. Yancey in Alabama politics just prior to the presidential election of 1860 and the subsequent secession movement.

For more information, call Burnett at 251-442-2319.