This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement, an exhibition of the Center for Documentary Expression and Art, presents the Civil Rights Movement through the work and voices of nine activist photographers – men and women who chose to document the national struggle against segregation and other forms of race-based disenfranchisement from within the movement....read more.
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When President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, it was a great day. The Act made the ballot box immediately more accessible to millions of Americans of every race, gender, region, economic status, and national origin. It has been called the most effective legislation of the last 50 years.
~Congressman John Lewis
Voices of Experience: Personal Stories of the Civil Rights Struggle and Insights on the Voting Rights Act
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THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
REGISTRATION IS REQUESTED, BUT NOT REQUIRED.
Join us as we commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the landmark Voting Rights Act at a community conversation on September 24th, 2015.
5:30 PM ~ Reception with Refreshments
6:00 PM ~ Program begins with opening remarks by the Honorable Kanika Tomalin
DR. KANIKA TOMALIN, Deputy Mayor, City of St. Petersburg
SPEAKER/PANELISTS (click on the name beneath each photo for a brief biography)
ASKIA MUHAMMAD AQUIL, activist, social reformer, religious leader and community builder
RENE FLOWERS, Pinellas County School Board Member, District 7
DR. JOYCE HAMILTON-HENRY, Director of Advocacy for theAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Florida
HARRY L. HARVEY, Vice-Chair, City of St. Petersburg Housing Authority and Voter Ambassador for the Voter Registration and Education Department of the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Office
STEPHANIE OWENS-ROYSTER, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
To see more photos like those above, visit The Florida Holocaust Museum.
This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement
August 1 @ 10:00 am - December 1 @ 5:00 pm