Dr. Louis Wilson, Professor, Scholar, Author, on the best-selling book The Americans

Join us for The Americans, an engaging presentation by Dr. Louis Wilson
on the book that is inspiring a new generation of history and social
science enthusiasts.  Educators, parents, students and history buffs
will all enjoy this program.  The Americans
explores the story of United States history, weaving the reflections
of people who experienced historical events firsthand throughout the
narrative, changing the way students connect with the past, and helping
them realize the richness of our nation's history.

Dr.
Wilson, Director of African Studies and Professor of Afro-American
Studies, Smith College, has documented African American and Native
American men from Rhode Island who fought in the Revolutionary War and,
because of his scholarship, a monument will be erected in their
memory. His most recent published works include an article in the book Love Across the Color Line and The Americans
(co-authored, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012), the high school
American history curriculum that supports the intent of the Common Core
State Standards with rigor, skills, and document-based instruction. Dr.
Wilson has been a senior Fulbright researcher at the University of
Cape Town, South Africa, and a visiting professor of American Studies
at the University of Hamburg.

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