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SUMMARY:Lecture / Discussion:The Movement Made Us All: Historical Legacies of the Civil Rights Movement and the Current Moment
DESCRIPTION:As part of the University of Michigan's MLK Symposium\, please join us for a conversation with journalist and sports commentator David Dennis Jr. and his father\, civil rights movement veteran David Dennis Sr. Authors of \"The Movement Made Us: A Father\, A Son and the Legacy of a Freedom Ride\,\" a moving memoir of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s\, Dennis Jr. and Sr. will discuss the political and personal legacies of the movement and its historical relevance for the challenges facing American society in the present. Matthew Countryman\, associate professor of Afroamerican Studies and History\, will serve as moderator for the event.\n\nThere will be a reception at 4:00 pm in the Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union before the event where guests will have the opportunity to purchase copies of \"The Movement Made Us\" signed by the authors.\n\nPresented by the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies\, the Department of History\, the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies\, the Michigan Program for Advancing Cultural Transformation (M-PACT) in Biomedical and Health Sciences and the Scholars Network on Masculinity and the Well-Being of African American Men in the Center for Social Solutions. Additional support from the Kalt Fund for African American and African History.
UID:142589-21891198@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142589
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Activism,African American,Afroamerican,American Culture,Book Talk,Center For Racial Justice,Center For Social Solutions,Civic Engagement,Civil Rights,Culture,Democracy,Diversity,Diversity Equity and Inclusion,Education,History,human rights,Humanities,Interdisciplinary,Lecture,Martin Luther King Jr Day,Multicultural,Social Justice,Social Sciences
LOCATION:Museum of Art - Helmut Stern Auditorium
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DTSTAMP:20251212T143830
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260119T183000
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SUMMARY:Social / Informal Gathering:Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Night at Bursley
DESCRIPTION:Join the Multicultural Lounge Community Assistants and Bursley Multicultural Council in celebrating and honoring the life and legacy of MLK Jr. with dream-board making\, games\, and cupcakes!
UID:142649-21891256@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/142649
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Crafts,Game Night,housing,Martin Luther King Jr Day,Social
LOCATION:Bursley Hall - Martin Luther King Jr. Multicultural Lounge
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