Fourth Annual Celebration of the Lowndes County Civil Rights Movement – April 20 – 22, 2018

The Lowndes County Friends of the Civil Rights Movement are planning an enjoyable, memorable  and historical experience in learning about the rich history that this county played in the Civil Rights Movement of 1965.   There are several activities scheduled, such as the mass meeting program, touring the historical sites, paying homage to our unsung heroes of Lowndes County and ending the weekend with a celebration reunion picnic.

Our unsung heroes are the persons ‘who bored the burden in the heat of the day’ by making sacrifices in getting people to register to vote. assisting those families evicted from the plantations and lived in Tent City and those who faced injustices during this era.

The Fourth Annual Celebration of the Lowndes County Civil Rights Movement will be held April 20 – 22, 2018 in White Hall, Alabama.

We look forward to seeing all of you, so make plans to attend!!

 

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITES

Friday, April 20th

Fourth Annual Mass Meeting Program 6:30 p.m.

Mt. Gillard Missionary Baptist Church
8367 US Highway 80 West
White Hall, Alabama

Guest Speaker will be: Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, author of Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt.

 

Saturday, April 21st

Jackson-Steele Community Center

590 Freedom Road/County Road 23

White Hall, Alabama

• • 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
    • Roundtable Panel Discussion with Civil Rights Veterans – “This Is My Story”
      • A continental breakfast  will be served.   The attire is Business Casual.
      • The panel will include Former Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Workers: Reverend Wendall Paris, Mr. Mukasa Ricks, Mrs. Dorothy Dewberry, Mr. Cornelius “CJ” Jones, Mrs. Martha Noonan and  Ms. Connie Curry.
    • Book Signing/Voter Registration Drive

 

• • 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
    • Tours of Some Selective Historical Sites in Lowndes County

 

• 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
  • 2018 Civil Rights Weekend Celebration – Living Legends Reception
    • The persons being honored include: Reverend Wendall Paris, Mr. Mukasa Ricks, Mrs. Dorothy Dewberry, Mrs. Martha Noonan, Mr. Cornelius “CJ” Jones, Mrs. Mattie M. King, Mrs. Josephine Wagner, Mr. Matthew Jackson, Jr., Mr. Connie Curry, Ms. Annie  P. Avery, Ms. Gloria House, Mr. Frank Taylor, Mr. Elbert Means, Mr. Dean Phillips and Mr. Ed Gaffer.  These persons are honored for their participation and activism during the Movement and “those who bore the burden in the heat of the day“.

Sunday, April 22nd

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Civil Rights Weekend Celebration Reunion Picnic

Holyground Battlefield Park (Beach Area Pavilion)

300 Battlefield Road

Lowndesboro, Alabama