Until his retirement in 1990, Wilmore was professor of church history at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta. Prior to that he was academic dean and professor of the African American Religious Studies Program at New York Theological Semi nary. He also has held professorships at Boston University School of Theology and Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. In 1963 he was appointed the first executive director of the United Presbyterian Church Commission on Religion and Race, which was the first denominational race relations program established to work with Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement. From 1963 to 1972 he led the national racial justice program of the Presbyterian Church, serving in major cities across the country.
All lectures are free and open to the public.
In conjunction with the lecture series, attorney Derrick Bell, an activist, writer and a visiting professor at New York University Law School, will speak at 7 p.m. Nov. 19 at Friendship Baptist Church, Daytona Beach. Stetson's Howard Thurman Program is designed to unite scholars and community leaders in seeking solutions to social, religious and ethnic problems. The program was established in partnership with New Birth, a group of African-American leaders headed by R ogers.