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Special Event
Event
Highway 80 History Symposium: Selma Education Summit
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Fee:
Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 32.444858, -87.011493
George Corley Wallace Community College Hank Sanders Building 3000 Earl Goodwin Pkwy Selma, AL 36701
Dates & Times
Date:
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Time:
9:00 AM
Duration:
4 hours
Type of Event
Partner Program
Talk
Description
Join us at our Wallace Community College in Selma to hear about some of the unsung civil rights history of our region with a special focus educating students on civil rights. This is the third and final day of the symposium.
Speakers from across the country will be discussion topics such as as:
- Answering the Challenges of Teaching Black History
- Finding Yourself in HistoyL The Foot Soldier Re-Identification Project
- Black Power in the Black Belt
- The Faith, Family, and Fortitude of a Mom and Pop Store Called Hills Grocery/Tire and Lube
- A Man of Mark: Alexander Curtis Sr. 1829 - 1878
- The Untold Story of Rev. George Don Galloway: An Original Member of the Crazy Eight
Reservation or Registration: No
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