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Retracing the Footsteps of History Makers: Dr. Michael Simanga
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Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 34.738300, -92.282800
Kendall Science and Health Mission Center - Philander Smith College
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Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, in partnership with Philander Smith College, announces a public program with civil rights activist and educator Dr. Michael Simanga in cooperation with the National Park Service and its 400 Years of African American History programming. Dr. Simanga will speak at Philander Smith College on Friday, January 17; this event is free and open to the public; no reservation is required.
Dr. Michael Simanga is an activist writer and cultural worker who came of age in Detroit as an organizer and artist for civil and human rights, Black political empowerment and development. As a cultural worker, he is an advocate of art as an instrument of social justice and building and supporting community based cultural institutions. He teaches in the Department of African American Studies at Georgia State University and is the former Executive Director of the National Black Arts Festival and consultant with the Center for Civil and Human Rights. Dr. Simanga writes and lectures on African American politics and history, race and justice, human and civil rights and the Black Power/Black Arts Movement; recent books include No One Can be at Peace without Freedom (2017); The Identity Imperative and Black Liberation; and David Franklin: The Art Politics and Business of Black Empowerment (2019).
Dr. Simanga’s presentation on Friday will begin at 2:00 p.m. in the Kendall Science and Health Mission Center on the Philander Smith College campus.
For more information, call (501) 374-1957 or email chsc_info@nps.gov.
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site is located at 2120 W. Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive, diagonally across the street from Central High School. The visitor center is open daily from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. with free admission.
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Photo courtesy of Michael Simanga