| NAACP Chairman Julian Bond addresses
Civil Rights: Now and Then during Racial Legacies
and Learning XI: How To Talk About Race Town Meeting,
Wednesday, February 25, beginning at 7:00 p.m.
in Parrish Auditorium on the campus of Miami University
Hamilton. The event is free and open to the public.
Seating is limited.
During the Town Meeting, three distinguished
area citizens will be recognized for their contributions
to the Civil Right Movement. Rev.
Dr. Norman L. Townsel Sr. of Hamilton, Rev.
Vanessa Cummings of Oxford, and Rev.
Fred Shuttlesworth of Cincinnati will be
special guests during the evening events.
Known for being on the cutting edge of politics,
Bond brings to the stage more than 20 years
of service in the Georgia General Assembly where,
for two terms, he was prevented from taking
his seat by members who objected to his opposition
to the Vietnam Conflict. Eloquently outspoken,
Bond has been active in civil rights movements
and the fight for economic justice since 1960
when he was a founding member of the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) while
a student at Morehouse College. He has served
as Chairman of the NAACP since 1998. He currently
teaches history at the University of Virginia.
In addition to the speech, 12 local organizations
and businesses have been awarded Best Practices
for examining their own biases; working to overcome
them; setting positive examples for their family,
friends, and co-workers; working for tolerance;
and taking leadership roles against hate and
injustice.
The following are the 2004 recipients of the
Racial Legacies and Learning How to Talk About
Race Best Practice Awards.
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