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WILLIAM BYRD COMMUNITY HOUSE

224 South Cherry Street

Richmond, Virginia  23220

 

MEDIA ADVISORY/EVENTS CALENDAR

 

Hans S. Falck Lectureship Series on Social Responsibility

 

Examines Civil Rights and Race Relations in Virginia Public Education

 

William Byrd Community House is pleased to announce the next lecture in its
Hans S. Falck Lectureship on Social Responsibility entitled: Civil Rights
and Race Relations in Virginia Public Education: A Case Study in Social
Change. The Richmond Peace Education Center and VCU School of Social Work
have joined with the William Byrd Community House as co-sponsors.

 

The lecture will confront the issue of integration and segregation in
Virginia Schools in the 1950's and 60's by bringing together a panel of
people who experienced firsthand the closing of Prince Edward County Public
Schools during this tumultuous time. 

 

The panel will:

*	Share their stories about how they responded to the events of the
time.
*	Consider how these events changed their lives.
*	Offer insights about the changes that we are anticipating now.

 

Panelists:

Dr. Woody Holton - panel discussion moderator and author of Unruly Americans
and the Origins of the Constitution (New York: Hill and Wang, 2007). 

 

Brian Grogan - producer of "They Closed our Schools," a documentary film on
the history of the public school crisis in Prince Edward County.  

 

Dorothy Holcomb - fourth grade student in Prince Edward County Public
Schools when the schools closed in 1959.  

 

Dr. Teresa Clark - an elementary student, when Prince Edward County public
schools were closed in 1959.

 

When:             Thursday, October 23, 2008

                        7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.

 

Where:           St. Andrew's School Auditorium

236 S Laurel St., Richmond, VA 23220

                        

For additional information and directions call: 804-643-2717 or visit the
WBCH website at:  http://wbch.org <http://wbch.org/> .

 

 

Patty Parks, Director

Grace Arents Library and Education Center

William Byrd Community House

224 S. Cherry Street

Richmond, VA 23220

Phone: (804) 643-2717

Fax: (804) 225-0297

librarian at wbch.org

 

Remember to check our website for a schedule of activities:
http://www.wbch.org 

 

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