World Heritage Initiative
Department of History
Atlanta, Georgia
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U.S. Civil Rights Movement Sites Symposium
Thursday and Friday, April 21-22, 2022
Opening Keynote Address
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The U.S. Civil Rights Movement Sites Symposium is next week and we hope you take this opportunity to hear from experts, learn from colleagues, and network. This free event will feature presentations on African American historic preservation and cultural heritage.
Use the links below to register for the Symposium
and secure your hotel room!
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Spotlight: Context is Key, the Importance of Situating Civil Rights Sites in Movement History
Opening Keynote Address by Hasan Kwame Jeffries
Thursday, April 21, at 5:00 PM
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Ohio State University Professor of History Hasan Kwame Jeffries will present “Context is Key: The Importance of Situating Civil Rights Sites in Movement History,” as the opening keynote address for the U.S. Civil Rights Movement Sites Symposium at 5:00 PM on Thursday, April 21, 2022, in the Georgia State University Law School Auditorium off Peachtree Street. As Dr. Jeffries explains, “The power of a place is lost if the significance of that place is misunderstood. This talk will explore the pivotal role that scholars can play in helping civil rights tourism sites locate and frame their stories within the history of the movement. It will also examine several exciting ways that scholars can collaborate with civil rights sites to engage the public about the movement.”
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A native of New York and graduate of Morehouse College who earned his Ph.D. at Duke University, Dr. Jeffries is an authority on the civil rights movement, having authored the seminal Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt. For years he has engaged in public history activities such as overseeing the $27 million dollar renovation to the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, which reopened in time to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the King assassination. He has developed such pedagogical materials as “Teaching Hard History” as part of the Teaching Tolerance program of the Southern Poverty Law Center, and participated in National Endowment for the Humanities teacher workshops. National Public Radio, the Public Broadcasting System, and C-Span have sought out his expertise. His presentation should be of interest to people associated with movement heritage."
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World Heritage Day
Next week marks the observance of World Heritage Day on Monday, April 18, 2022 Recognized as the International Day for Monuments and Sites and promoted by the International Coalition of Monuments and Sites, the annual observance is recognized by the United Nation’s Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and features the 1,154 places inscribed on the World Heritage List. The observance promotes awareness of the diversity of humanity’s cultural heritage but also its fragility and vulnerability with the need to protect and conserve these sites of global significance, a lesson brought home all the more through the ongoing war in Ukraine.
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Symposium Program
All events held at the GSU College of Law, 85 Park Place NE, Atlanta, GA 30303
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THURSDAY APRIL 21
5:00 pm - Opening Keynote Address
Context is key: The Importance of Situating Civil Rights Sites in Movement History
Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Department of History, Ohio State University
6:00-7:30 pm - Reception
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FRIDAY APRIL 22
8:00 am – Coffee with Networking
9:00 am - Panel 1: Creative Marketing of Civil Rights Movement Sites
10:15 am - Panel 2: Planning and Funding Your Rehabilitation
11:30 am - Closing Keynote Address
Preservation is Social Justice
Brent Leggs, African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, National Trust for Historic Preservation
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Registration
Register now for this free event on April 21-22, 2022. Please use the link below to email your name and organization.
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Suggested Hotel
The Marriott Residence Inn Downtown located just across Peachtree Street from the GSU Law School Auditorium.
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About COVID
This is an in-person event. It will be held in the downstairs lobby and auditorium of the College of Law, both large spaces. We expect our numbers to be below capacity for the areas and encourage participants to socially distance as needed.
As a state entity, Georgia State University follows the COVID guidelines set forth by the University System of Georgia (USG). In accordance with USG policy, individuals are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated and boosted and if necessary wear masks as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. You can learn more about GSU's current COVID policy here.
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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.
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