News Release: Samuel Proctor Oral History Program

News Release: Samuel Proctor Oral History Program
January 25, 2009
“UF in the Mississippi Delta: Student Reflections on Recording the Civil Rights Movement”
WEDNESDAY, February 17, 6 to 8 p.m.
LOCATION: Civic Media Center, 433 South Main Street, Gainesville, Florida
Co-sponsors and volunteers needed for this event. Please help us spread the word.
UF in the Mississippi Delta: Student Reflections on Recording the Civil Rights Movement will take place on Wednesday, February 17 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Civic Media Center. Sponsored by the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and the Civic Media Center. The program will feature a lively multi-media presentation by UF students who have traveled to the Mississippi Delta the past two summers to interview pioneers of the Civil Rights Movement. This program will bring the remarkable visual, musical, and political culture of the Delta to Florida.
The program will also discuss the Oral History Program’s new African American History in Alachua Research project. Find out how to get involved!
Moderated by Dr. Paul Ortiz, director of the Oral History Program.
This event is co-sponsored by the Civic Media Center, and the UF Oral History Club. For more information, please call the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at 352-392-7168 or email portiz@ufl.edu
Hear History Come Alive!
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)