Staff
Dr. Janice Franklin, National Center Director
(334) 229-4106
Dr. Dorothy Autrey, Program Chair
(334) 229-4106
Dr. Howard Robinson, University Archivist
(334) 229-4491
Destiny Williams, Access Services Cultural Heritage Manager
(334) 229-6888
Evelyn Bowen, Staff Assistant
(334) 229-4824 or (334) 229-4106
Gwendolyn Boyd, Staff Associate
(334) 229-4824
Yvette Harris, Staff Associate
(334) 229-6886
Barbara Weatherly, P.T. Staff Associate
(334) 229-4854
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Levi Watkins Learning Center Digital Collections
Upcoming and Recent Programs
Keynote Speaker: Fred Gray, Civil Rights Attorney
Monday, December 3, 2018
6 p.m. | First Baptist Church, 347 N. Ripley Street
The Colvin-Feagin Annual Communiy Art Show
Exhibit opening and artists' reception featuring local artists and live jazz.
Friday, October 5, 2018
Exhibit Dates: October 5, 2018 - January 11, 2019
1345 Carter Hill Road
The Journey to Freedom: A Mural in Eight Parts
A Visual Interpretation of African-Americans’ Struggle for Recognition as Human Beings and First-Class Citizens
Commissioned by The National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at Alabama State University
Cultural Spotlights
- National Center Honors Alumnus for Outstanding Years of Service
- Remembering civil rights activist Medgar Evers
- New president brings sense of urgency to Morehouse
- Jeannie Graetz Literacy Program
- Inscription On Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial To Be Removed
- King's Forgotten Manifesto
- Harlem churches see gospel tourist boom on Sundays
- A Plot of Land, a Path to Freedom
- Tourism tax, like all taxes, should have a sunset