"THE LONG CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT: Struggles Past and Present"
A panel discussion on the fight for racial equality in the 20th century and the state of civil rights today
Thursday, March 13 / 5 pm
The East Gallery of the Benton Museum
Free admission
Panelists:
William Jelani Cobb, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Institute for African American Studies
Jane Gordon, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and African American Studies
Douglas M. Spencer, Associate Professor of Law and Public Policy and Roger S. Baldwin Scholar
Moderator: Michael Orwicz, Associate Professor of Art History
This program is presented in conjunction with the Benton exhibition "Making the Movement Move: Photography, Student Activism, and Civil Rights. The exhibition and related programs were made possible with generous support from Connecticut Humanities; Sheldron and Helen Seplowitz; Human Rights Institute, UConn; University of Connecticut Humanities Institute; Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, UConn; and Michael Lee, Lee Gallery.
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