Heritage Studies Ph.D program presents Civil Rights Movement, panel discussion

Jan. 21, 2005--The Heritage Studies Ph.D. Program at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro will present the “The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement: A Panel Discussion” on Thursday, Jan. 27, at 4:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Convocation Center on the ASU campus.

The program will include the following panelists:

Minnijean Brown Trickey -- Mary Gay Shipley Writing Fellowship
Visiting Writer, Heritage Studies
“Remembering the Significance of the Civil Rights Movement”

Dr. C. Calvin Smith -- Presidential Distinguished Professor of Heritage Studies, ASU
Retired Professor of History & ASU Distinguished Alumni
“Uncovering More History”

Dr. George Grant, dean of the Dean B. Ellis Library at ASU
“Publishing More History”

Following a welcome and introductions by Dr. Clyde A. Milner II, Heritage Studies Ph.D. Program Director, panel discussions will include all the speakers. For more details on each of the speakers, please see Heritage.

The program is free and open to the public. For more information, please call The Heritage Studies Ph.D. Program at 870-910-8217 or visit the web at http://clt.state.edu/heritagestudies.

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