Museum After Hours: 60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer

Museum After Hours: 60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer

Commemorate the 60th Anniversary of Freedom Summer in partnership with the Margaret Walker Center. Join us as we reflect on the where we’ve been and where we are now, through artmaking inspired by archival material, live music, a pop-up exhibition featuring JSU students and thought-provoking discussion during our In Conversation: Making Freedom Summer.

Featured panelists:

  • Frank Figgers, NAACP
  • John Spann, MS Humanities Council
  • Garrad Lee, Margeret Walker Center 

Run of Show
5 PM – Doors + Cash Bar Opens
5:15 PM – Introduction
5:45 PM – Panel Discussion
7:30 PM – Performance by JT the Poet
Ongoing activities: Black-Out poetry art making, Cash Bar, Food Trucks, Live Music by DJ Daddy Bug, and a Pop-Up Exhibition 

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