Dr. Sonya Ramsey will talk about her new biography of Bertha Maxwell-Roddey. One of the most instrumental leaders in the establishment of black studies and sparking an interest in Charlotte's Black History. Born in 1930, Bertha Maxwell-Roddey became one of Charlotte’s first Black women principals of a white elementary school. 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.