David R. Colburn is professor of history and provost emeritus at the University of Florida, where he has taught since 1972. His teaching and research have focused on politics, race, and ethnicity in twentieth-century America. His most recent books include Florida's Megatrends (2002) with Lance deHaven Smith and African-American Mayors: Race, Politics, and the American City (2001). He has been a regular contributor to the Orlando Sentinel as well as president of the Florida Historical Society. He also served as one of the authors of the "Rosewood Report" (1993)--part of Florida's inquiry into the destruction of that town in 1923--principal reviewer and consultant for "Rosewood Reborn," which won a McArthur Prize for best radio documentary; and principal consultant for the television documentary "Redemption: The Legacy of Rosewood," which was one of five finalists for an Emmy in 1996.

Lecture topics:

• Rosewood and its Place in the Modern South
• Florida, the Nation, and the Rise of the Republican Party
• Race and Ethnicity in Modern America
• African American Mayors, 1968 to the Present
• Race, Religion, Migration, and Immigration in the Sunbelt

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