Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academics

Distinguished Lecture Series

Title: The Stewarts: The Triumph of an African-American Family

Albert S. Broussard, Ph.D.
Professor of History and Holder of the Elton P. Lewis
Faculty Fellowship Texas A&M University

Wednesday, April 26, 2000, at 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Presidential Conference Center
Texas A&M University

Abstract

A three generational history of an African-American family, every member of which was seen as a natural leader of the community.

About the Speaker

Dr. Albert S. Broussard has taught at Texas A&M University since 1985. He received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and a master's and a doctorate from Duke University. Dr. Broussard has published three books -- Black San Francisco: The Struggle for Racial Equality in the West, 1900-1954; African American Odyssey: the Stewarts, 1853-1963; and American History: the Early Years to 1877.

Dr. Broussard's teaching and service contributions to the University have been widely recognized. He was the recipient of a College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Teaching Award in 1997. He served on the Faculty Senate, the Texas A&M Honorary Degree committee, the University Publications Committee, the Texas A&M Press advisory board, and was associate department head of the history department for 7 years. Starting in summer 2000, he will serve as coordinator of Graduate Studies in the Department of History.

Dr. Broussard also is past president of the Oral History Association and is an active member of the historical association. He is currently writing a history of civil rights in the far west from 1945 to the present and is serving as a consultant to the National Park Service on their Underground Railroad project.