James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams earned a series of recent headlines for the July 16, 2024, unveiling of five on-campus markers that are part of the Fredericksburg Civil Rights Trail, “Freedom, A Work in Progress.” Williams, along with the City of Fredericksburg’s Victoria Matthews, spearheaded the project, working to create the trail, […]
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams received praise in a recent issue of Leisure Group Travel. The article, titled “Fredericksburg’s Civil Rights Trail: A Story of People,” says that enough cannot be said about the partnership between the City of Fredericksburg and the University of Mary Washington. The authors of the trail’s narrative […]
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams joined the City of Fredericksburg’s Victoria Matthews in talking about the importance of the Fredericksburg Trail now being part of the U.S. Civil Rights Trail on “Town Talk,” News Talk 1230 WFVA. Listen to the segment.
James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams and Victoria Matthews with Fredericksburg Tourism talked with B101.5’s Town Talk host, Ted Schubel, about the importance of new stories revealed by the Fredericksburg Civil Rights Trail, ‘Freedom, A Work in Progress.’ Listen to the episode.
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. […]
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