Before You Travel On: Reflections on the Fortieth Anniversary Of the
Birmingham Civil Rights Movement
Schedule
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February 6 |
Samford University
Brock Forum
Dwight M. Beeson Hall
3:30 p.m. |
Film and Discussion: Ethnic Notions
A film on ethnic profiling |
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February 13 |
Samford University
Brock Forum
Dwight M. Beeson Hall
3:30 p.m. |
Film and Discussion: King:
Montgomery to
Memphis
Documentary on the life and career of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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| February 15 |
Birmingham Public Library
Arrington Auditorium
2:00 p.m. |
Opening Symposium: Reflections—How Historians, Writers,
and the Media Have Viewed Birmingham
S. Jonathan Bass (Samford
University)
Wilson Fallin, Jr. (University of Montevallo)
Cynthia G. Fleming (University of Tennessee)
Chris Metress (Samford University)
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| February 20 |
Samford University
Reid Chapel
10:00 a.m. |
Lecture:
Birmingham Activism
Rev. Abraham L. Woods (St. Joseph Baptist
Church, Birmingham) |
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| February 24 |
Samford University
Brock Forum
Dwight M. Beeson Hall
6:30 p.m. |
Lecture:
Memorializing the Movement
Glenn Eskew (Georgia State University)
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| March 3 |
Samford University
Brock Forum
Dwight M. Beeson Hall
6:30 p.m. |
Film and Discussion:
Who Speaks For
Birmingham?
Leah Rawls Atkins (Auburn University)
Wilson Fallin, Jr. (University of Montevallo)
Tennant S. McWilliams (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
A 1961 documentary on race relations in Birmingham. Following the
screening a panel of scholars will discuss the film and their memories
of 1960s Birmingham. |
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| March 10 |
Samford University
Brock Forum
Dwight M. Beeson Hall
6:30 p.m. |
Discussion: Who Speaks For
Birmingham Now?
Student led discussion. |
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| March 12 |
Birmingham Public Library
Arrington Auditorium
12:00 p.m. |
Lecture: The Role of Women in the
Birmingham Civil Rights Movement
Tara White (American Association for State and Local History) |
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| March 12 |
Samford University
Brock Forum
Dwight M. Beeson Hall
6:30 p.m. |
Lecture: The Role of Women in the
Birmingham Civil Rights Movement
Tara White (American Association for State and Local History) |
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| March 17 |
Samford University
Davis Library
4:30 p.m. |
Lecture: The
Civil Rights Life of Birmingham’s
Fred Shuttlesworth
Andrew M. Manis (Mercer University) |
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| March 19 |
Birmingham Public Library
Arrington Auditorium
12:00 p.m. |
Lecture: Prosecuting the
16th Street Church Bombing
Doug Jones (former U. S. Attorney) |
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| March 20 |
Samford University
Reid Chapel
10:00 a.m. |
Lecture: The
Fire Still Burns Strong
Rev. Fred L.
Shuttlesworth (Greater New Light Baptist Church, Cincinnati, Ohio)
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| March 26 |
Birmingham Public Library
Arrington Auditorium
12:00 p.m. |
Lecture: The Black Power Movement in
Birmingham
Robert Widell (Emory University) |
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| April 7 |
Samford University
Brock Forum
Dwight M. Beeson Hall
6:30 p.m. |
Symposium: The Civil Rights Movement and the
Transformation of Alabama Politics
Richard
Arrington, Jr.
(Mayor of Birmingham, 1979-1999)
Albert Brewer (Governor of
Alabama, 1968-1971)
Chriss Doss (Jefferson County Commission, 1975-1987)
Samuel Webb (University of Alabama at Birmingham) |
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| April 10 |
Samford University
Reid Chapel
10:00 a.m. |
Lecture: Letter from
Birmingham Jail
Jonathan Bass (Samford
University) |
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| April 14 |
Birmingham Public Library
Arrington Auditorium
6:30 p.m. |
Symposium: The Civil Rights Movement
and the Transformation of Birmingham Politics
Jonathan Bass (Samford University)
Joseph Carlisle
(Cumberland School of Law)
Edward S. LaMonte
(Birmingham-Southern College)
Bobby M. Wilson
(University of Alabama) |
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| April 17 |
Samford University
Brock Forum
Dwight M. Beeson Hall
6:30 p.m. |
Film and
Discussion: Crisis |
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| April 24 |
Samford University
Brock Forum
Dwight M. Beeson Hall
3:30 p.m. |
Film and
Discussion: Four Little Girls
Director
Spike Lee’s documentary on the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church
bombing. |
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| May 5 |
Samford University
Brock Forum
Dwight M. Beeson Hall
6:30 p.m. |
Symposium: Children of
the Movement Remember
James L. Baggett
(Birmingham Public Library)
Barbara Shores Martin
The
children of civil rights activists recall how their
lives were affected by their parent’s battles for
justice |
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| May 8 |
Samford University
Reid Chapel
10:00 a.m. |
Lecture: Racial
Reconciliation
Rev. Gerald Austin
(New City Church, Birmingham) |