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Retracing the Footsteps of History Makers - A Civil Rights Commemoration
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Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 34.722290, -92.338440
Donaghey Student Center - 3259 S University Ave - Little Rock, AR 72204 - 501.569.3362
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Retracing the Footsteps of History Makers - A Civil Rights Commemoration
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site - in partnership with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UA Little Rock), UA Little Rock Bowen School of Law, UA Little Rock Black Law Students Association, Jefferson National Parks Association, Little Rock Central High School, J.A. Fair High School of College and Career Academies, Little Rock School District, Courtyard by Marriott, Mark Abernathy/Loca Luna, Patrick Oliver/Say It Loud! Readers and Writers, and Benito Lubazibwa/ReMix Ideas - announces free public events to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the desegregation crisis at Little Rock Central High School. The programs will be held across Little Rock on Thursday, September 26 and Saturday, September 28 and are in cooperation with the 400 Years of African American History programming.
Saturday, September 28 – 6:30 p.m. – University of Arkansas at Little Rock main campus, Donaghey Student Center (DSC)
The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will host conscience conversation in the DSC auditorium with Elizabeth Eckford, recent author and one of the Little Rock Nine; Jane Hill Williams, one of the ten students selected to desegregate Central High School in 1957; and Dr. Sybil Jordan Hampton, the first three-year African American graduate of Central High School. Dr. Terrence Roberts, psychologist and one of the Little Rock Nine, will facilitate a conversation of how the events at Central High School before and after desegregation impacted this group, examine their narrative roles in the civil rights movement and discuss their activism today. Other guests of honor include Robin White, Superintendent of Little Rock Central High School NHS, and John W. Walker, Arkansas State Representative and civil rights attorney. J.A. Fair High School Band, Choir and Theater will perform a selection of civil rights themed songs to begin the program. A book signing will follow this event.
All events are free and open to the public; no reservation is required. Selected books by panelists/guests of honor will be available for purchase and signing at events. For more information, call (501) 374-1957 or email e-mail us.
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