Progressive Preservation Talks: Granville Lee Edition

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Date/Time
Date(s) - February 23, 2026
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Location
Crump Theater

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This Progressive Preservation Talk with Michael Cartwright and Kevin Jones will feature research and information about Columbus’s local historic figure, Granville Lee.

The talk will feature retired University of Indianapolis Vice President Michael G. Cartwright and Indiana University Columbus Professor Dr. Kevin Jones, who will narrate what took place before, during, and immediately following the Columbus High School commencement at the Crump Theatre on May 28, 1901. This event is remembered as the first time an African American male, Granville Lee, graduated.

Free

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