Vets of Mississippi Civil Rights Movement Conference
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Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement 2010 Conference
March 25-27, 2010
Theme: The Loss of Civil and Human Rights in a Time of Economic Crisis: Creating a Blueprint For the Future
Participants include:
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Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., Author, Theologian, Activist
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, 18th Congressional District of Texas
Bakari Sellers, South Carolina State Representative
Dr. Ronald Mason, (President, Jackson State University)
Panelist: Dr. Beverly Hogan, (President, Tougaloo College)
Dr. Richard Green (Interim Provost, VP for Academic Affairs-Alcorn State Univerisity)
Michael Morris—Jackson State University Political Science Student
Kamikaze—Rap Artist/Director of Media & Entertainment, Watkins Entertainment
Malia Lazu—The Gathering for Justice
Kanika Welch, Poet of Truth
Dr. Margaret Burnham, Northeastern University, Dir. Civil Rights and Restorative Justice
Panelists: Michael Jackson – District Attorney, Perry County, Alabama
Cynthia Deitle – Unit Chief, FBI Headquarters, Civil Rights Unit
Paula Johnson – Professor of Law, Syracuse University, and Co-director, Cold Case Initiative
Hank Klibanoff – Managing Editor, The Civil Rights Cold Case Project
Nsombi Lambright—ACLU Executive Director
Marilyn Lowen–VMCRM Board Member
Oleta G. Fitzgerald, Children’s Defense Fund
and more…
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