Blake said Williams was the perfect person to have as the first speaker for the series because you cannot talk about democracy without talking about Georgia.
During the event community members met the center’s first Executive Director Ny Whitaker and Michael Blake, the inaugural visiting scholar in democracy.
The chance to educate people about the legacy of civil rights pioneer W.E.B Du Bois drew Ny Whitaker to become the first executive director of the Du Bois Freedom Center.