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Dr. Gerald L. Smith to speak at CU chapel Service 14 Oct 2015

Address kicks off "Dialogue on Race" at CU
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By Hanna Hall
News from Campbellsville University

Campbellsville, KY (1 Oct 2015) - Dr. Gerald L. Smith, pastor of the Pilgrim Baptist Church in Lexington, KY and associate professor of African American history and the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar in Residence at the University of Kentucky, will be speaking at Ransdell Chapel, 401 N Hoskins Avenue, Campbellsville, KY, Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 9amCT/10amET. This will kick off the "Dialogue on Race."


Everyone is invited to chapel.

Smith is a native of Lexington, KY He pastored the Farristown Baptist Church in Berea, KY for nearly eight years prior to being called to pastor the Pilgrim Baptist Church in Lexington in November 2011.

He earned his B.A, M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Kentucky in history. He taught at the University of Memphis from 1988 until 1993. From 1997 until 2005, he served as the director of the African American Studies and Research Program.

Smith is the author, editor or co-editor of three books. He is a contributing volume co-editor of the "Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Volume Six: Advocate of the Social Gospel." He has nearly 40 other publications in historical journals and encyclopedias.

He has consulted on various historical projects, lectured on college campuses around the state, and conducted workshops for primary and secondary school teachers.

He has also appeared in historical documentaries which have aired on CBS, NBC, KET and TruTV. He is a general co-editor of "The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia" scheduled to be published in 2015. He is researching and writing a new general history of African Americans in Kentucky.

Smith has served on a number of different boards and committees and now serves as chair of the Kentucky African American Heritage Commission. He is a 2006 inductee into the Henry Clay High School Hall of Fame in Lexington, KY; a recipient of the 2011 Richard H. Collins Award from the Kentucky Historical Society, a 2012 inductee into the UK chapter of Phi Theta Phi National Honor Society; and one of six professors on campus chosen by the UK Alumni Association to receive the 2013 Great Teacher Award.

He is married to Teresa Turner Smith. They are the parents of two daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah.

Chapel is designed to provide opportunities for corporate worship and explosure through a variety of informative speakers and presentations.

All chapels are open to the public free of charge and are televised live on Campbellsville local cable channel 10 WLCU and digital channel 23.0 and are streamed live on the Internet www.campbellsville.edu/live-streaming. For information about chapel, call the Office of Campus Ministries at (270) 789-5227. Campbellsville University is a widely acclaimed Kentucky-based Christian university with more than 3,500 students offering over 80 programs of study including 24 master's degrees, seven postgraduate areas and eight pre-professional programs. The website for complete information is campbellsville.edu.


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Dr. Gerald L. Smith to speak in Ransdell Chapel 14 Oct 2014



2015-10-04 - Ransdell Chapel, 401 N Hoskins Avenue, Campbellsville, KY - Photo from Campbellsville University.
Dr. Gerald L. Smith, pastor of the Pilgrim Baptist Church in Lexington, KY and associate professor of African American history and the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar in Residence at the University of Kentucky, will be speaking at Ransdell Chapel, 401 N Hoskins Avenue, Campbellsville, KY, Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at 9amCT/10amET.

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