Arts Daily / Dr. Walter B. Curry, Jr. Book Talk and Signing

Dr. Walter B. Curry, Jr. Book Talk and Signing

Join us Tuesday, July 11, at 6 p.m. as Dr. Walter B. Curry, Jr. will be here to discuss his book The Awakening: The Seawright-Ellison Family Saga, Vol.1, A Narrative History. The book has been selected as a 2023 National Indie Excellence Book Awards Finalist in two categories: African American Non-Fiction & Regional Non-Fiction Southeast.

The Awakening: The Seawright-Ellison Family Saga, Vol.1, A Narrative History is the first volume in a narrative history about the descendants of two families that share a common ancestor, Martha Kitchings Seawright Ellison, born into slavery in 1849, in Aiken County, South Carolina.

Dr. Walter B. Curry, Jr., is a native of Orangeburg, South Carolina. Dr. Curry received a bachelor’s degree in political science from South Carolina State University.