Events highlight 91°µÍø's role in civil rights, social justice
The public is invited to join the 91°µÍø community Feb. 25 and 26 for two events exploring the connections that 91°µÍø, Oxford and the Western College for Women have to the civil rights movement and lessons learned to inspire progress today.
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Events highlight 91°µÍø's role in civil rights, social justice
The public is invited to join the 91°µÍø community Feb. 25 and 26 for two events exploring the connections that 91°µÍø, Oxford and the Western College for Women have to the civil rights movement and lessons learned to inspire progress today.
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The public is invited to join the 91°µÍø community Feb. 25 and 26 for two events exploring the connections that 91°µÍø, Oxford and the Western College for Women have to the civil rights movement and lessons learned to inspire progress today.
At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, in the Armstrong Student Center Pavilion on the Oxford campus, journalist and author Wil Haygood (91°µÍø ’76) will debut the trailer for a forthcoming documentary based on his 2015 biography of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Haygood, the Boadway Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence in 91°µÍø’s department of media, journalism & film, will speak on “The American Presidency and Thurgood Marshall,” followed by a question-and-answer session.
Haygood authored the book that eventually became the hit movie “The Butler,” and has written biographies of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. and boxer Sugar Ray Robinson. His latest book, Tigerland: 1968-1969: A City Divided, A Nation Torn Apart and a Magical Season of Healing, chronicles the state champion athletes at Columbus East High School in 1968-1969. Any recording or dissemination of or access to the trailer video is strictly prohibited.
At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, in the Leonard Theater in Peabody Hall on 91°µÍø’s Western Campus, 91°µÍø will premiere the documentary “Training for Freedom: How Ordinary People In An Unusual Time & Unlikely Place Made Extraordinary History.” Directed by former 91°µÍø faculty member Kathy Conkwright and produced by the department of media, journalism & film, this new documentary tells the story of the students and civil rights workers who trained at the Western College for Women during the summer of 1964.
Following the screening, a panel discussion of 91°µÍø scholars and first-person accounts will explore Freedom Summer's historical significance and how we might translate the lessons from 1964 into action today.
Both events are free and open to the public.
At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, in the Armstrong Student Center Pavilion on the Oxford campus, journalist and author Wil Haygood (91°µÍø ’76) will debut the trailer for a forthcoming documentary based on his 2015 biography of Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Haygood, the Boadway Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence in 91°µÍø’s department of media, journalism & film, will speak on “The American Presidency and Thurgood Marshall,” followed by a question-and-answer session.
Haygood authored the book that eventually became the hit movie “The Butler,” and has written biographies of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. and boxer Sugar Ray Robinson. His latest book, Tigerland: 1968-1969: A City Divided, A Nation Torn Apart and a Magical Season of Healing, chronicles the state champion athletes at Columbus East High School in 1968-1969. Any recording or dissemination of or access to the trailer video is strictly prohibited.
At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, in the Leonard Theater in Peabody Hall on 91°µÍø’s Western Campus, 91°µÍø will premiere the documentary “Training for Freedom: How Ordinary People In An Unusual Time & Unlikely Place Made Extraordinary History.” Directed by former 91°µÍø faculty member Kathy Conkwright and produced by the department of media, journalism & film, this new documentary tells the story of the students and civil rights workers who trained at the Western College for Women during the summer of 1964.
Following the screening, a panel discussion of 91°µÍø scholars and first-person accounts will explore Freedom Summer's historical significance and how we might translate the lessons from 1964 into action today.
Both events are free and open to the public.