The Florence Arts and Museums Speaker Series is a monthly program meant to inspire conversations about the history and culture of north Alabama, with a focus on how the past shapes the present. This month, Anita Cobb will deliver her presentation, “The Black History—Eastside of Florence during the Mid 1900s” at 2pm on Sunday, March 27th, at the Florence Indian Mound Museum.

Anita Cobb is a local historian born and raised in Lauderdale County. Her presentation will be a look at the east end community and the Black people who occupied it from 1940-2000.