CIVIL RIGHTS EXPERT TO GIVE DUGGER LECTURE APRIL 1

"Multicultural Education and the Teaching of History" will be the topic of the annual Harold Holmes Dugger Lecture on April 1 at Southeast Missouri State University.

Dr. Charles Taylor, director of the education program at the Center for Professional Development of the Credit Union National Association in Madison, Wis., will deliver the lecture at 8 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom.

Taylor also will make a Common Hour presentation at noon on March 31 on issues facing minority students on predominantly white campuses. The event will be held in Crisp Hall Auditorium.

A Cape Girardeau native, Taylor holds a bachelor's degree in history from Southeast and a master's degree from the University of Oregon. he earned his doctoral degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Taylor has authored several monographs and produced an award-winning civil rights documentary.

A dinner will be held prior to the lecture. The cost is $11 per person. Reservations may be made through the history department. The reservation deadline is March 26.

The Dugger Lecture Series was established by the history department in 1988 to honor Harold Holmes Dugger, who was a professor of history and formerly chaired the department.