Civil Rights activist Mary Frances Berry.
Florida Atlantic University’s third annual Alan B. Larkin Symposium on the American Presidency begins at 4 p.m. Feb. 12 in the University Theater, 777 Glades Road, with the first of two keynote speakers, Civil Rights activist Mary Frances Berry. The symposium is titled "Civil Rights and the Presidency: From Nixon to Obama," and Berry will speak about the conservative movement and civil rights during the Reagan years. “Coming just weeks after the inauguration of the nation’s first African-American president, this symposium will provide a very timely look at the meaning and significance of recent events in American political history,” said symposium director Dr. Kenneth Osgood.
The second keynote speaker is University of Maryland professor of government and politics Ronald Walters, who will speak at 1 p.m. Feb. 13 about Barack Obama and turning the page on the conservative era. The lectures continue throughout the day from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 13. All lectures are free. For more information, call 561-297-2816 or visit www.fau.edu/larkin.