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BSU Updates FALL 2009 UMOJA
When: Thursday, December 10
Time: 6:30pm
Location: Pugh Hall Ocora
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Roundtable Discussion of 50th Anniversary of the Sit-Ins
This is a reminder that the Bob Graham Center for Public Service will present
"The 50th Anniversary of the Sit-Ins: From Greensboro to Tallahassee" TOMORROW at 7 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora. Panelists for this program will include history professors Bill Link and Alan
Petigny and religion professor Gwendolyn Simmons who will discuss the significance of the sit-in movement and its impact on the nation. David Colburn, history professor emeritus, will moderate the discussion. Time will be provided for questions and discussion. The program is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.
Fifty years ago segregation permeated life in the South and in Florida. On
Feb.1, 1960, the foundation of segregation was shattered when four college students from North Carolina A&T University sat at the whites-only counter at the F.W. Woolworth Store in Greensboro. The students returned on subsequent days and were joined by other students who shared their belief that it was time for change. In the following days and weeks, the sit-in movement spread throughout the South and stirred the nation, ultimately leading to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This event is Co-Sponsored with the African American Studies Program, for
more information about this program please visit http://www.clas.ufl.edu/afam/ and the History Department, please visit http://www.clas.ufl.edu/history For more information about this event, please check out the Graham Center
website at http://www.graham.centers.ufl.edu/
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