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
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Register now as the U.S. Civil Rights Movement Sites Symposium will offer plenty of opportunities 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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With a program featuring two engaging keynote speakers, two lively panels, and receptions, the Symposium will make good use of your time.
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Symposium Spotlight: Creative Marketing of U.S. Civil Rights Sites
Panel discussion, Friday, April 22
Dawn Dawson-House / John Swaine / Cameron Patterson / Dorothy Walker
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Dawn Dawson-House works with the South Carolina Green Book Tour and will discuss Broadening Our Audience Beyond the Historic Preservation Community. The WeGOJA Foundation and Green Book Project Team held strategy sessions with historians of the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission to determine the name of the project and its promotional outreach. They see the Green Book Tour as attracting more visitors who have already demonstrated they value history and want to discover additional under-told stories from the past.
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John Swaine directs the International Civil Rights Center & Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina, and he will present on Advanced Planning for the Trip, which focuses on lower-cost sources of marketing that have proven most effective for the Museum. John will discuss how to develop and enhance a site’s profile on popular online planning tools such as Trip Advisor and Yelp.
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Cameron Patterson manages the Moton Museum in Farmville, Virginia, and he will discuss Building Partnerships through Local Collaborations. As he argues, collaborations that advance not only the Moton Museum but also Farmville as a whole, have been key to this small museum’s success. Such partnerships include: the Virginia Main Street affiliate Farmville Downtown Partnership to explore local history outside the museum; Visit Farmville, a local tourism site that promotes community dining, shopping, arts, and culture; and Virginia’s Crossroads, a regional consortium of localities committed to sharing the state’s civil rights heritage.
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Freedom Rides Museum Site Director Dorothy Walker will present Putting History on the Move: The Freedom Rides Museum Mobile Experience. Unveiled in 2021 during the 60th-anniversary commemoration of the 1961 Freedom Rides, the newly restored vintage 1957 Greyhound Bus--the same type of vehicle ridden by many of the Freedom Riders--is a mobile extension of the Montgomery museum which is operated by the Alabama Historical Commission. The traveling exhibit brings the history of the Freedom Rides along with information about the Museum into communities across the country. Already the bus has traveled to several cities associated with the Freedom Rides.
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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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More details on the other panel and keynote speakers coming soon! |
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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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Hotel Suggestion
The Marriott Residence Inn Atlanta Downtown is located just across Peachtree Street from the GSU Law School Auditorium.
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COVID
As an in-person event, the U. S. Civil Rights Movement Sites Symposium is monitoring all the latest COVID updates. Georgia State University is following the evolution of new variants of the virus and determining what appropriate protocols might need to be followed to keep the campus open safely. Consequently, attendees at the Symposium will be strongly encouraged to comply with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The GSU Law School Auditorium and downstairs lobby are large, open spaces that allow for socially distanced seating, and the number of participants will not approach capacity for either. Nevertheless, GSU recommends attendees get vaccinated and wear a mask when appropriate. You can learn more about GSU's 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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