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The Future of Civil Rights
Saturday, February 13, 2010
1:00 to 3:00 P.M.
Nashville Public Library Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
Marking 50 years after the Nashville student led demonstrations
and sit-ins, this community program moderated by National Public Radio
senior correspondent Juan Williams addresses the
progression and evolution of civil rights while forging a path toward
the next 50 years of transformation of community, state and country. Join moderator, Juan Williams and panelists Rev. James Lawson, Betty Flores and Daniel Losen for a conversation connecting
grassroots, political, business, multi-ethnic and multi-generational
populations as well as scholars, activists and community members. The
program aims to foster dialog and address civil rights for a millennial
generation. Visions & Voices: The Civil Rights Movement in Nashville
February 9 - May 22 | Courtyard Gallery | Opening reception: February 13 at 3:00 p.m.
This exhibit of photographs from the Nashville Banner archives and quotes from the Civil Rights Oral History Project commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Nashville Sit-in Movement.
other newsT.O.T.A.L. needs your help. Working on the premise that no one communicates with teens better than other teens, the T.O.T.A.L. (Totally Outstanding Teen Advocates for the Library) program's primary goal is to attract this hard-to-reach audience to the library by employing teens to plan teen programs. The T.O.T.A.L. program needs your help to continue on in the next year.
Funding for T.O.T.A.L. is short $40,000. Confirmed gifts today will only keep it open through March of 2010. Teens tell us they love T.O.T.A.L. 91% who attend indicate they will keep coming! We need your support because we can't risk losing this program. It provides enriching, enjoyable and safe activities for our community youth.
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Enjoy the warmth and beauty of the downtown Nashville Public Library. Tour the Main Library on the website of Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP.
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Main Library on Church Street
Nashville, Tennessee
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-Carl Sagan
photo by Barbara Sammons
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