Teaching Families about the Civil Rights Locally and Nationally
The
Alexandria Black History Museum, in cooperation with the Living Legends of
Alexandria/Family Legends Project, will present Civil Rights Sunday on August 10,
2014, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. This educational and fun event is free and open to
the public.
This
event will feature four aspects of civil rights.
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| Museum Director Audrey Davis |
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| Author Howard Feinstein |
Museum
director Audrey Davis will open the program with a brief overview of the
current exhibition at the museum, “Sit Down and Take a Stand: Samuel Wilbert
Tucker and 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-in.” The 75th anniversary of this
historic event occurs in 2014, and was one of the earliest civil rights actions
in the United States.
Howard
Feinstein will read an excerpt from his book, Fire on the Bayou: True Tales from
The Civil Rights Battlefront. This new book chronicles Mr. Feinstein’s
experiences as a federal hate crimes prosecutor in the deep South. Mr.
Feinstein will be available to sign copies of the book which has been nominated
for a 2014 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Proceeds from sales will be donated to
Empowered Women International.
Rana
Jafar Yaseen will speak about women’s
rights. Ms. Yaseen is a poet and artist
from Iraq and was the featured speaker at Empowered Women International’s (EWI)
recent graduation.
Attorney Partap Singh Verma, a first generation Indian American,
will share family stories of migration and activism.
To
conclude the program, families may share a story of a personal civil rights
experience and join artist Sushmita Mazumdar for a storytelling/book making
activity. Participants will make a book
they can take home which can become a family keepsake. This activity is
suitable for adults and children 10 years and over.
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Photos by Nina Tisara
The event is Free. Attendees
may come for all or any part of the program.
Reservations are recommended for the bookmaking workshop. Participation in
the workshop will be limited to the first 20 people who reserve for that
portion of the program.
For
information about any part of the program and reservations, please call
703-746-4356.
The
Alexandria Black History Museum is located at 902 Wythe Street, Alexandria,
Virginia 22314, in the Parker-Gray Historic District. The Museum is five
blocks from the Braddock Road Metro Station on the Yellow or Blue lines. Street
parking is available. For information about the museum, visit
www.alexblackhistory.org.
