Jan 27 K&Q Historical Society Program – Dr. Alvin Lomax Speaks on Development of Local African-American Education

The public is invited to attend the Sunday, January 27, 2019 meeting of the King and Queen County Historical Society at 3:00 p.m., at King and Queen Courthouse in the General Courts Building. Dr. Alvin Lomax will speak about the development of formal education for African-Americans beginning in 1869, and the important contributions of Samuel Benton Holmes (1868 – 1945) and India Hamilton (1877 –1950) from King and Queen County.

Dr. Lomax is a long-time resident of King William County and an active member of the Middle Peninsula African-American Genealogical and Historical Society of Virginia.  He is a graduate of Hampton University, and holds a doctorate of education degree from the College of William and Mary. After graduating from Hampton, Dr. Lomax was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. After completing two years of active duty, he continued to serve in the Army Reserves for eighteen years, while concurrently beginning his civilian professional career as a teacher with a focus on the natural sciences and chemistry, and completing his graduate education. Dr. Lomax returned to his native King William County in 1992, after thirty-one years on the faculty of Norfolk State University where he was a Professor of Education and Assistant Vice President. There he had a broad range of teaching and administrative responsibilities.

Please join us for this informative program and bring a friend. Refreshments will follow the program across the road in the Courthouse Tavern Museum.