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VCU Libraries Black History Month Lecture
Feb 9, 2010
WHEN: 7:30 pm
WHERE: W. E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts
"Fifty years after the student-led sit-ins - Where are we now?"
In February 1960, African-American students and others began to participate in sit-in demonstrations at lunch counters throughout the South. These protests against segregation in public facilities precipitated the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Join us for a panel discussion exploring the legacy of those protests including the state of Black America and race relations 50 years after the student-led sit-ins.
Panelist:
Jenny Jones, PhD., Associate Professor of Social Work, VCU
Napoleon Peoples, PhD, Associate Dean of Student Affairs, VCU
Jill Rowe, PhD., Assistant Professor, African American Studies, VCU
Shawn O. Utsey, PhD., Associate Professor of Psychology and Chair of African American Studies, VCU
Moderated by Njeri Jackson, PhD., Associate Professor of Political Science and Special Assistant for Diversity in the Office of the Provost, VCU
Free and open to the public. Parking is available for a fee in the West Main Street and West Cary Street parking decks. If special accommodations are needed, please call (804) 827-1165 or (804) 827-1163 prior to Feb. 5, 2010.
The eighth annual VCU Libraries Black History Month Lecture is sponsored by the VCU Friends of the Library.
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