Civil Rights Champions

  • Reverend Ralph David Abernathy
  • Inez Baskin
  • Reverend Richard Boone
  • Aurelia Browder
  • St. John Dixon
  • Dorothy Frazier
  • Attorney Fred Gray
  • Attorney Thomas Gray
  • State Representative Alvin Homes
  • State Representative John Knight
  • Reverend Bernard Lee
  • Rufus Lewis
  • State Representative Thad McClammy
  • James McFadden
  • Joe L. Reed
  • Reverend Fred Reese
  • Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth

Alabama State University

Levi Watkins Library

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Upcoming and Recent Programs

Ralph D. Abernathy Civil Rights Lecture Series: The Mass Meetings of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Awakening of Black Militancy


Keynote Speaker: Fred Gray, Civil Rights Attorney

Monday, December 3, 2018
6 p.m. | First Baptist Church, 347 N. Ripley Street

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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

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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

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