Contact: Leah Barbour
WHAT: Mississippi State University will hold the "Remembering Freedom Summer: Building a Better Future" in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Summer Project.
WHERE:Colvard Student Union, including the second-floor Bill R. Foster Ballroom, the first-floor Dawg House and various rooms for breakout sessions.
WHEN: Oct. 19, 5-7 p.m., dinner and staged scenes from "Freedom High."
Oct. 20, 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m., plenary and breakout sessions.
Oct. 21, 8 a.m.-7:30 p.m., plenary and breakout sessions.
WHO:While the conference is free and open to the public, participants should register in advance at www.aas.msstate.edu/fsc/reg. Recognized scholars from MSU and other universities all over the country will speak, as well as Numerous Freedom Summer volunteers, students, activists and photographers, including:
--Freedom Summer volunteer Chude Allen.
--Colum Law Firm attorney and founder Wilbur Colom.
--1961 Freedom Rider and Freedom Summer activist Dave Dennis.
--Freedom Summer organizer Doris Derby.
--Freedom Summer activist Anthony Harris.
--Tougaloo College President Beverly Hogan.
--Mississippi NAACP President Derrick Johnson.
--MSU President Mark E. Keenum.
--Freedom Summer volunteer Mark Levy.
--Freedom Summer organizer Hollis Watkins.
--Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter.
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OPPS:Photo and video opportunities will be available throughout the conference.
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INFO:Visit http://www.aas.msstate.edu/fsc/schedule/ to see the complete schedule of all the sessions, and go to http://www.aas.msstate.edu/fsc/guests/ for biographical information about the speakers.
MSU's African-American Studies program is sponsoring the two-day conference; more information is available at www.aas.msstate.edu, or contact organizer Linda Miller at lmiller@aas.msstate.edu or 662-325-0587.