Title: Civil Rights Activism and Agriculture: A Family That Kept the Land
Hear Professor Monica White in conversation with three Civil and Voting Rights Giants who were also farmers and leaders in the Black Farmers’ Cooperative Movement: Reverend Wendell Paris, Mr. George Paris, and Mrs. Alice Paris. Their important stories link farming and political liberation movements and have many lessons for our path forward today.
When: Tuesday, April 29 at 5:00-6:00 in DeLuca Forum Room 1255 and reception 6:00-7:00 in Discovery Open Court Main). Time subject to revision!
Where: DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard St. Madison, WI 53715
Sponsors: Department of African American Studies, Department of Community and Environmental Sociology, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University Lectures