An exhibition of materials from the SCLC archive
Feb. 21-Dec. 1, 2013
Schatten Gallery, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University
Opening celebration Friday, Feb. 22 from 6 to 8 pm in the gallery. More information.
This exhibition focuses on the ongoing struggle for civil and human rights in the years after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968. The documents on display include letters, photographs and flyers promoting meetings and protests, gathered from the SCLC archive housed in Emory University's Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library(MARBL).
Exhibition co-curators are Carol Anderson, associate professor of African American studies and human rights historian; Sarah Quigley, manuscript archivist and former SCLC project archivist; and Michael Ra-Shon Hall, a doctoral candidate in Emory's Institute for the Liberal Arts.
"The papers reveal the extent of organizing people and communities around issues of healthcare, criminal justice, education, voters' rights, fair employment- those are things we understand to be essential to quality of life, regardless of who you are," Anderson says.
Opening events on Friday, Feb. 22 include:
Fishburne deck parking and walking directions: bit.ly/fishburneparking
Exhibition co-curators are Carol Anderson, associate professor of African American studies and human rights historian; Sarah Quigley, manuscript archivist and former SCLC project archivist; and Michael Ra-Shon Hall, a doctoral candidate in Emory's Institute for the Liberal Arts.
"The papers reveal the extent of organizing people and communities around issues of healthcare, criminal justice, education, voters' rights, fair employment- those are things we understand to be essential to quality of life, regardless of who you are," Anderson says.
Opening events on Friday, Feb. 22 include:
- Noon-2 pm: Lecture, discussion and book signing with Dorothy Cotton, SCLC's former education director (1960-1968) and author of "If Your Back's Not Bent: The Role of the Citizenship Education Program in the Civil Rights Movement." The book also will be available for sale at the event. Jones Room, Woodruff Library Level 3.
- 6-8 pm: Opening celebration for exhibition. Speakers will include Congressman John Lewis; current SCLC leaders C.T. Vivian, Charles Steele Jr., and Bernard Lafayette (board president); and Dorothy Cotton. Schatten Gallery and Jones Room, Woodruff Library Level 3.
Fishburne deck parking and walking directions: bit.ly/fishburneparking
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