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VIRTUAL: The Civil Rights Movement -- The Right to Vote: Past, Present, Future

VIRTUAL: The Civil Rights Movement -- The Right to Vote: Past, Present, Future Online

This event will take place on Zoom. PLEASE PREREGISTER and we will send you the Zoom link the day of the program.

The Right to Vote: Past, Present, Future is a series of four events, each starting with a presentation by a panel of speakers, followed by group discussion. 

The second event explores the Civil Rights movement and historical background, from the 1890’s Mississippi plan through Jim Crow, poll taxes, Voting Rights Act of 1965, to present-day challenges.

Four speakers will present historical context and guide discussion. The presenters are:

Dr. John H. Bracey, Jr., Professor of Afro-American Studies at UMass Amherst

Dr. Traci Parker, Assistant Professor of Afro-American Studies at UMass Amherst

Dr. Jesse Rhodes, Professor of Political Science at UMass Amherst

Dr. Kathleen Banks Nutter, historian, independent scholar (Moderator)

This program is funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

         

Date:
Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Time:
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
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