Polly E. Bugros McLean - Remembering Lucile

A Virginia Family’s Rise from Slavery and a Legacy Forged a Mile High, a Biography Book Talk & Signing

Polly E. Bugros McLean is associate professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she has served as director of Women and Gender Studies and as the faculty associate to the Chancellor. She will discuss and sign Remembering Lucile: A Virginia Family's Rise from Slavery and a Legacy Forged a Mile High ($29.95 University Press of Colorado).

In 1918, Lucile Berkeley Buchanan Jones received her bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado, becoming its first female African American graduate (though she was not allowed to "walk" at graduation, nor is she pictured in the 1918 CU yearbook). In Remembering Lucile, McLean depicts the rise of the African American middle class through the historical journey of Lucile and her family from slavery in northern Virginia to life in the American West, using their personal story as a lens through which to examine the greater experience of middle-class Blacks in the early twentieth century.


ABOUT THE EVENT

This event is free and open to the public. End time may vary. Can't make it to the event? To request an autographed copy, please click on the "Add to Cart" button for the book and be sure to mention you'd like an autographed copy in comments portion of your order. 

Remembering Lucile: A Virginia Family’s Rise from Slavery and a Legacy Forged a Mile High By Polly E. Bugros McLean Cover Image
$29.95
ISBN: 9781607328247
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Published: University Press of Colorado - September 28th, 2018

Event Location: 
Location: Colfax Avenue