Career of Reformer Mary Eliza Church Terrell Is Subject of Lecture March 3
For release: Feb. 18, 2003
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Renowned communication scholar Dr. Karlyn Kohrs Campbell will explore "Choosing a Rhetorical Life: the Long Career of Mary Eliza Church Terrell" March 3 at The University of Memphis. The lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Fogelman Executive Center, Room 123. The sixth annual Michael M. Osborn Communication Lecture is free and open to the public.

Terrell (1863-1954), daughter of African-American millionaire Robert Reed Church and businesswoman Lou Ayers Church, was a longtime civil rights activist. A teacher, writer and public speaker, she was the first president of the National Association of Colored Women and a founding member of the NAACP. Terrell's career as a lecturer and reformer provides the framework for Campbell's talk.

Campbell is a professor and chair of communication at The University of Minnesota. She is noted for her contributions to the fields of U.S. presidential discourse and the rhetoric of American women. Campbell is the author of eight books and is the current editor of the Quarterly Journal of Speech. She has received the Francine Merritt Award for contributions to women, the National Communication Association Distinguished Scholar Award and the Ehninger Award for Distinguished Rhetorical Scholarship.

The event is sponsor by the Department of Communication.

A reception hosted by Africa in April and radio station WUMR will follow Campbell's lecture. For more information, contact Dr. Angela Ray at 678-3612.

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