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SEPT. 19& 20. TAYLORSVILLE REDWOOD CAMPUS. OAK ROOM

SEPT. 19& 20. TAYLORSVILLE REDWOOD CAMPUS. OAK ROOM

Salt Lake Community College joins with the University of Utah, Utah Valley University, and Westminster College in hosng symposia

commemorang the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement. Events at all four schools are related to the Center for Documentary

Arts exhibit, This Light of Ours: Acvist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement, which will open at The Leonardo in downtown

Salt Lake City in October. Events at SLCC include the following.

Monday, September 19Noon 1:30 PM STC, Oak Room

Panel Discussion: Freedoms Struggle Then and Now

PANEL MEMBERS

Charles Cobb, Jr., author, poet, journalist. Field secretary for Student Nonviolent Coordinang Commiee (SNCC) in Mississippi,

1962-1970; originated Freedom School proposal that became part of the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project. Author of several

books, including On the Road to Freedom: A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail. Mr. Cobb will also deliver a keynote address

Monday evening. (See below).

Rev. France Davis Pastor, Salt Lake Citys Calvary Bapst Church; Member, Utah State Board of Regents; parcipated in the Civil

Rights Movement in the 1960s, including marching from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery; long-me Utah acvist; author ofLight

in the Midst of Zion: A History of Black Bapsts in Utah, 1892-1996, and his autobiography, France Davis: An American Story.

Simon Canterero Aorney at Law; Past President of the Utah Minority Bar Associaon, which strives to promote diversity and

address issues that impact people of color.

Millie Sparks Professor of Developmental Educaon and Director of the SLCC Faculty Teaching and Learning Center, and past

president of the Utah State Oce of Black Aairs. A parcipant in the 1955-56 Montgomery Alabama Bus Boyco.

Margaret Red Elk member of the Assiniboine and Yankton tribes of the Sioux Naon; graduate of Brigham Young University;

elementary school teacher in Heber City, Utah for 29 years.

4:305:30PM STC, Oak Room

Concert: Spook Handy The Music of the Civil Rights MovementThe best descripon of Spooks musical style comes from fellow songwriter briz who says: The lyrical wit

of John Prine, the humor of Arlo Guthrie, the sincerity of John Denver, the boldness

of Bob Dylan and the courage of Pete Seeger meld into a cohesive unit that emerges full

of hope and promise.

Awards and accolades: Spook has performed dozens of presgious fesvals throughout

America, including the Kerrville Folk Fesval and Susquehanna Music and Arts

Fesval and has received numerous awards and accolades.

7 9 PM STC, Oak Room

Keynote Address by Charles Cobb, Jr.

To Form a More Perfect Union: Freedoms Struggle Then and Now.

Tuesday, September 201 2:30 PM STC, Oak Room

A Conversation with Charles Cobb, Jr.