The El Dorado chapter of The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold a Lunch and Learn program at the Chamber of Commerce from 11:30-1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26.
The speaker will be Vernita Morgan.
A press release from the organization states, "Over the past 30 years Vernita Morgan has delivered virtual/in-person genealogical presentations to genealogy organizations, libraries, and/or family reunions in Chicago, Illinois; Houston and Dallas, Texas; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Cincinnati, Ohio; Natchitoches, Ruston, Grambling, and Shreveport, Louisiana; Flagstaff, Arizona; Los Angeles, California; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Washington, D.C.; and El Dorado, Arkansas. In 2021 Vernita received the Juneteenth Genealogy Award from the Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission. She is a past registrar of the William C. Claiborne Chapter of the United States Daughters of 1812 lineage society having joined under her 3rd great-grandfather, Allen Demery. Vernita currently serves on the Arkansas State Historic Preservation Review Board and the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives Foundation Board. She is a Professor of Mathematics at South Arkansas Community College and the 2020 Recipient of the NAACP Image Award for Education in Union County, Arkansas. Vernita is the daughter of Paul, Sr. & Oneda Rogers Morgan of Natchitoches, Louisiana."