By Michelle Jamrisko Cavalier Daily Associate Editor
Three men with countless colorful memories of their experiences in the civil rights era will sit down together this evening to discuss the events that changed history and how the movement has progressed to the present.
The lecture, entitled "From Then to Now: The Civil Rights Movement and Its Legacy," will feature the different roles each man played in the movement. Julian Bond and Paul Gaston, University history professors, and Mark Lane, a lawyer and civil rights author, comprise the panel. The speakers will make opening statements and then take questions. Reginald Butler, Afro-American and African Studies faculty member, will moderate the discussion.
Ann Lane, Studies of Women and Gender faculty member, arranged the event and said she views it as a unique opportunity for audience members to communicate with figures that greatly influenced history.
"It's a period of history that students don't know much about," Lane said. "We're very lucky to have Julian Bond here [at the University] -- he was a very important figure in history. Paul Gaston was very active on Grounds here during the civil rights era."
Lane added that her brother, Mark Lane, also had unique experiences during the civil rights era and wrote a book on the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. She said he will be happy to address questions regarding the assassination and the conspiracy theories surrounding it.
Lane expects Charlottesville residents as well as members of the University community to attend the lecture, judging from the turnout at other recent civil rights lectures.
And according to Lane, those who attend will get an earful. "These are three men that like to talk," she said.
Though Lane said she cannot predict what kinds of students will turn out for the event, she said she believes the event should appeal to a wide variety of people.
"Given the state of the world, I hope everyone is interested in this," she said. "It will be a good look at the last half of the twentieth century."
The lecture will be held in Rouss 202 at 7 p.m.
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