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"Documented Rights:" A Symposium on the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
Sponsored by the National Archives at Atlanta
in partnership with
Center for Civil and Human Rights,
Georgia Humanities Council and
The Foundation for the National Archives
Saturday, June 13, 2009
National Archives at Atlanta
Morrow, Georgia
9:00 a.m. Welcome & Introductions Jim McSweeney, Regional Administrator
9:05 a.m. Opening Address TBD
9:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Civil Rights and the Courts
Chair: Jamil Zainaldin, President, Georgia Humanities Council
Panelists:
10:45 a.m. to Noon New Scholarship of the Civil Rights Movement
Chair: Doug Shipman, Executive Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights
Panelists:
- Hank Klibanoff, Former Managing Editor/Enterprise, Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Joe Crespino, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Emory University
- Rudolph Byrd, Founder, James Weldon Johnson Institute, Emory University
- David C. Carter, Associate Professor of History, Department of History, Auburn University
Noon to 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. The Historical Record: Access and Use
Chair: Tom Mills, Assistant Archivist, Office of Regional Records Services, National Archives
Panelists:
- Lisha Penn, Assistant Branch Chief/Supervisory Archivist of the Archives II Research Support Staff, National Archives
- Steve Murray, Assistant Director, Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Loretta Parham, Library Director/CEO, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center
- P. Toby Graham, Director, Digital Library of Georgia
2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Sites of the Civil Rights Movement
Chair: Jennifer Nelson, Director of Archival Programs, Office of Regional Records Services, National Archives
Panelists:
- Dennis Vasquez, Superintendent, Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
- Judy Forte, Superintendent, Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site
- Beverly Robertson, President, National Civil Rights Museum
- Michael Burns, Acting Superintendent, Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail
4:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Closing Address
Introduction of Speaker TBD
Speaker TBD
5:15 p.m. Exhibit Opening Adrienne Thomas, Acting Archivist of the United States
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