U.S. Civil Rights Movement Sites Second Symposium

World Heritage Initiative

Department of History

Atlanta, Georgia

U.S. Civil Rights Movement Sites

Second Symposium

April 16-18, 2020

Mark your calendars! The Second Symposium on U.S. Civil Rights Movement Sites will explore several issues:

Creating or refining individual management plans for historic properties related to the African American freedom struggle.
Interpreting historic U.S. Civil Rights Movement sites and in particular, how the past fight for equal rights might be used to engage present issues and concerns of today.
Recent programs and initiatives with U.S. Civil Rights Movement sites.
Advocating for U.S. Civil Rights Movement sites.

Brent Leggs (pictured left), the Director of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, will be the opening keynote speaker. Other featured speakers include Linda Norris of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience and Destry Jarvis of the U.S. Chapter of the International Council on Monuments and Sites.

Preliminary Program

THURSDAY, APRIL 16

6:00 pm Opening Plenary Session: Brent Leggs, National Trust for Historic Preservation

“The Historic Preservation of U.S. Civil Rights Sites”

7:00 pm Opening Reception

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

Breakout Sessions as workshops with experts:

9-10:20 am Part 1: “Management Plans—How to Begin”

Part 2: “What is Needed for an Appropriate Buffer Zone”

2-3:30 pm Linda Norris, International Coalition of Sites of Conscience

“Interpreting Civil Rights Sites as Places of Reconciliation”

3:30-5 pm Coalition Panel Discussion with affiliated U.S. Civil Rights Movement sites

5:00 pm Reception

SATURDAY, APRIL 18

9-10:20 am Plenary Session, Current Civil Rights Sites Initiatives:

World Heritage Civil Rights Movement Sites Serial Nomination

The U.S. Civil Rights Trail and Travel South, Inc.

World Monument Fund and Alabama Civil Rights Sites Consortium

U.S. Dept. of the Interior African American Civil Rights Network

National Trust African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund

National Park Service African American Civil Rights Grants Program

10:30-12 Plenary Session, Destry Jarvis, US/ICOMOS

“Lobbying Congress on Behalf of U. S. Civil Rights Movement Sites”

12 pm Adjourn

Join us in April!

U.S. Civil Rights Movement Sites Second Symposium

Atlanta, April 16-18, 2020

Please provide your name, affiliation, and the day(s) you plan to attend.

Reservations Hilton Candler Hotel

Located across the street from the Symposium. Deadline for the $209 group rate is March 2, 2020.

Reservations Marriott Residence Inn

Located a block from the Symposium. Deadline for the $142 group rate is March 16, 2020.

Hospitality Sponsors

This project is funded in part by:

The African American Civil Rights program of the Historic Preservation Fund,

National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not constitute endorsement or necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior or U.S. Government; and

Grants from the African American Fund and the Southern Intervention Fund of the

National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Questions? Comments?

Visit: worldheritage.gsu.edu .

Project Director Glenn T. Eskew: gteskew@gsu.edu or 404.413.6354

Project Manager Anne H. Farrisee: afarrisee@gsu.edu or 404.413.6353