Pride and Protest: Poetry of the America Civil Rights Movement. 6-7 pm, February 11. College of Southern Maryland, La Plata Campus, Campus Center (CC) Building, Room CC-100, 8730 Mitchell Road, La Plata. Author Dr. Jeffrey Coleman, St. Mary’s College of Maryland associate professor of English, will share how the Civil Rights Movement (1955-68) impacted and illuminated many writers and how poetry was used in response to major events during the movement. Sponsored by the Institutional Equity and Diversity Office and Diversity Institute at the College of Southern Maryland. Refreshments. Free. For information, visit http://www.csmd.edu/DiversityInstitute/, call 301-934-7659 or mcanizales@csmd.edu. Thurgood Marshall is Coming! A Living Presentation. 6-7:30 pm, February 17. College of Southern Maryland, La Plata Campus, Center for Business and Industry (BI), Room BI-104, 8730 Mitchell Road, La Plata. Native Marylander Thurgood Marshall was one of the most effective civil rights advocates of the 20th century and became the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court. University of Baltimore College of Public Affairs Professor Dr. Lenneal Henderson will step into the shoes of Justice Marshall to portray this figure in American Civil Rights history. To view preview, visit http://vimeo.com/69031568. Sponsored by the Institutional Equity and Diversity Office and Diversity Institute […]
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