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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

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MON.March.15 | TUE.March.16 | WED.March.17 | THU.March.18 | SAT.March.20 | Top of Page

Monday, March 15, 2010 - 10AM Press Conf. | 10:30AM Reg. & Reception | 6PM Atlanta History Cntr.

10:00 AM - Press Conference announcing the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Atlanta Student Movement
Held on steps of Trevor Arnett Hall, Clark Atlanta University Campus

10:30 AM - Registration & Reception
Held at Trevor Arnett Hall Art Gallery, Clark Atlanta University Campus

6:00 - 9:00 PM - Voices Across the Color Line: The Atlanta Student Movement 50th Anniversary
Reception, Keynote & Opening of Exhibit featuring the Atlanta Student Movement
Held at the Atlanta History Center, 404-814-4000
Map: Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry, Atlanta, GA 30305 

Details:
This program is free and open to the public.
Reservations are required.
Please call Atlanta History Center at 404-814-4150

Voices Across the Color Line:
The Atlanta Student Movement 50th Anniversary
http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/Page.asp?id=97&eventid=174

Opening Reception, Keynote Lecture, and Panel Discussion
Monday, March 15, 2010 6:00 - 9:00 PM

Commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Atlanta Student Movement with a preview of the Atlanta History Center’s Exhibition: Voices Across the Color Line: The Atlanta Student Movement 50th Anniversary.

6:00 PM - Cocktail Reception and Exhibition Viewing

7:00 PM - Keynote Lecture: Dr. Winston Grady-Willis
Director of International Studies at Skidmore College and author of Challenging U.S. Apartheid: Atlanta and the Black Struggle for Human Rights, 1960-1977 

8:00 PM - Panel Discussion featuring six participants from the Atlanta Student Movement. Each panelist represents one of the six schools comprising the Atlanta University Center in 1960.

Panelists:
Mr. Lonnie King, Chair, COAHR
Mr. James Felder, Clark College
The Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, The Interdenominational Theological Center
Dr. Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Morris Brown College
Dr. David Satcher, Morehouse College
Dr. Gwendolyn Middlebrooks, Spelman College

This program is free and open to the public.
Reservations are required.
Please call Atlanta History Center at 404-814-4150

MON.March.15 | TUE.March.16 | WED.March.17 | THU.March.18 | SAT.March.20 | Top of Page

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 7PM Invitation Only Reception

7:00 - 9:00 PM - Proclamations and Reception for Former Students of the COAHR
Held at Atlanta City Hall Atrium  (Map: 55 Trinity Ave SW, Atlanta,  GA 30303
Parking available in Underground Atlanta lot)

Host: City of Atlanta

Proclamations in recognition of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Atlanta Student Movement.

By Invitation Only

Online Registration Form
(Invitees, please complete as soon as you are able to)

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 2PM Keynote & Panel | 6-8PM Invitation Only Reception

2:00 PM - Keynote Lecture and Panel Discussion
Held at Cosby Auditorium, Spelman College

Keynote Address:
MS. Marian Wright Edelman, Founder, Children's Defense Fund

Panelists:
Dr. Carlton Brown, Clark Atlanta University
Dr. Thomas W. Cole, The Interdenominational Theological Center
Dr. Robert M. Franklin, Morehouse College
Dr. Robert Pritchett, Morris Brown College
Dr. Beverly D. Tatum, Spelman College, Opening Remarks

6:00 - 8:00 PM - Reception for Former Student Demonstrator

By Invitation Only

Paschal's Restaurant
180 Northside Dr SW
Atlanta, GA 30313

Sponsor: H J Russell & Co., Concessions International, Paschal's Restaurant

 

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Thursday, March 18th, 2010 - 10:50AM ASM Commemoration | 2:30PM Workshop & Panel

10:50 AM - A Commemoration of the Atlanta Student Movement
The Crown Forum
Held at the Martin Luther King, Jr. International Chapel, Morehouse College

Speaker: Lonnie C. King, Chair, COAHR

Open to the Pubic - Also view the web stream at www.morehouse.edu

2:30 - 3:45 PM - Looking Back and Looking Forward
Workshop & Panel Discussion
Held at Executive Conference Center - Bank of America Auditorium, Morehouse College

Will develop working papers based upon the 2010 Appeal for Human Rights

Moderator:
Lydia Tucker Arnold

Panelists:
Herschelle Challenor - "Lessons Learned from the Atlanta Student Movement"
Danny Mitchell - "Strategies for Addressing Current Problems"
Dr. Robert Holmes - "Economic-Strategies to Current Problems"
Lonnie King - "1960 and 2010 Appeals"

Sponsor:
Morehouse College, Martin Luther King Jr. Collection

Students and Public Invited

 

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Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 10AM Student Seminar

10:00 AM - AUC Student Seminar
Held at the Thomas W. Cole Research Center for Science and Technology,
Clark Atlanta University

Sponsor: Dr. Josephine Bradley, Chair, Africana Women's Studies

Open to the Public

 

MON.March.15 | TUE.March.16 | WED.March.17 | THU.March.18 | SAT.March.20 | Top of Page

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