May 3, 2024

Williams Takes Regional Award for Work on Civil Rights Trail

UMW James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams. Photo by Karen Pearlman.

James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams

James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams was honored for his work – along with Victoria Matthews, Fredericksburg’s tourism sales manager – on the Fredericksburg Civil Rights Trail.  Matthews accepted the regional Shining Example partnership award from the Southeast Tourism Society on behalf of the university and the city in Jackson, Mississippi, last month. The award was recognized in an article titled “UMW, City of Fredericksburg win regional award for Civil Rights Trail,” which appeared in The Free Lance-Star. Read more.