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Mayor-President Melvin “Kip” Holden declared Aug. 24 as Gregory Howard Williams day. Holden presented Williams with the designation during a One Book One Community reception held in the Holliday Forum on LSU’s campus. -
Isonel Brown, chief executive officer of the YWCA of Greater Baton Rouge; LSU Chancellor Sean O'Keefe; Baton Rouge Mayor-President Kip Holden; Sharon Kleinpeter, vice president of Governmental and Public Relations for Cox Communications; Gregory Howard Williams, author of "Life on the Color Line" and president of the City College of New York; Dana Carpenter, associate vice chancellor of University College at Southern University. -
Nearly 3,000 LSU freshmen filled the LSU Maddox Fieldhouse to hear “Life on the Color Line” Author Gregory Howard Williams speak during Academic Convocation on August 25. -
“You begin your LSU career today with a desire and a will to succeed. What will you do with that opportunity? You can find people just like yourself and you can create a cocoon, or you can reach out to people of different backgrounds, races, and ethnicities, Christians and Jews, Hispanic and White, big city or small town backgrounds.” -
Gregory Howard Williams speaks to students during break-out discussion groups following Academic Convocation. -
Gregory Howard Williams speaks to students during break-out discussion groups following Academic Convocation. -
Winners of the Summer Reading Program essay contest, Chase Austin Baldwin, Tabitha Lynn Bernard, Daniel M. Broome, Kendra Joyan Brumfield, Vivian Daigle, Megan Hoda, Kaitlin Beth McCandless, Pareesa Mariam Pourmohamadian, Cristina Maria Shamburger, Joe Stern, Jessica Lynn Swiney and Brandon White. Former LSU Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Risa Palm and Williams are also pictured.
