The Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room and the Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library proudly present Dr. Sonya Ramsey, who will discuss her new book, Bertha Maxwell-Roddey: A Modern-Day Race Woman and the Power of Black Leadership. Dr. Maxwell-Roddey was the first black principal in a former white only school in Charlotte. She was the founding director of UNC Charlotte’s Africana Studies Department and in 1974, she cofounded the Afro-American Cultural and Service Center, now the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Art & Culture. Maxwell-Roddey founded the National Council for Black Studies. To register: https://cmlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/63d053173bc3f33600935061