To commemorate the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's 100th anniversary, the Carter G. Woodson Institute will host a symposium Oct. 29 to 30 in the Harrison auditorium of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library. The symposium will look back on the NAACP's history and discuss the direction the organization will follow as it heads into the 21st century.
The event at the University is one of many planned to celebrate the NAACP's founding and will feature a variety of speakers from across the country, Woodson Institute Director Deborah McDowell said. History Prof. Julian Bond, NAACP chairman, will deliver the keynote address, titled "The Beginning of Something Big," on the opening night, according to a press release.
Bond will also conduct an interview with NAACP CEO and President Benjamin Jealous in the auditorium during the symposium's second day from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. Jealous will deliver remarks beforehand.
Other symposium events include panels and talks that will focus on desegregation in education, voting equality, equal access to housing, environmental justice and fair employment practices. The symposium will conclude with a roundtable discussion titled, "Lift Every Voice: the NAACP and the Making of the Civil Rights Movement," which will feature Harvard Law Prof. Kenneth Mack, Duke University History Prof. Raymond Gavins and Daryl Scott, the chairman of the history department at Howard University.
The event will be free and open to the public both days.
-compiled by Tom Christensen
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