24 Dec Book Signing with Walter Curry
Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.
Lucy Craft Laney Museum Conference Room
Join us for a talk and book signing with author Walter Curry as he discusses The Life of Nickie Mae Winn Corley: An African American Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Activist, and Advocate of Women Empowerment.
The Life of Nickie Mae Winn Corley: An African American Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Activist, and Advocate of Women Empowerment
Nickie Mae Winn Corley was an entrepreneur remembered as “a woman of influence and action” was among Aiken, South Carolina residents who met the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his travels around South Carolina to bolster the civil rights movement. The presentation will focus on the extraordinary life of the late Nickie Mae Winn Corley, who owned several beauty salons in Aiken and across South Carolina, was a financial supporter of the Civil Rights Movement to advance racial equality, and a strong advocate of women empowerment in her family and community. The presenters will be Dr. Walter B. Curry, founder of Renaissance Publications, LLC and cousin of Nickie Mae Corley, and Brenda Wright-Lucas and Nickie Murphy, both granddaughters of Nickie Mae Winn Corley.
You will have the opportunity to purchase an historic mug of Nikki Mae Winn Corley and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and one of Renaissance Publications, LLC award winning books, The Thompson Family: Untold Stories From The Past (1830-1920) which features the family story of Nickie Mae’s in-laws, Joshua & Queen Thompson Corley, who endured the perils of sharecropping in rural Aiken County before the Civil Rights Movement.
A percentage of photo and book sales will go to support the museum.
To register please call 706.724.3576.