1:30 – 2:50 pm
Women of the Civil Rights Movement
Southern University Union, Cotillion Ballroom
3:00 – 4:20 pm
Protest, Politics & the Law: Baton Rouge and the Civil Rights Movement
Southern University Union, Cotillion Ballroom
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Local Voices: Baton Rouge Perspectives
on the Bus Boycott
Old State Capitol, Downtown Baton Rouge
Friday, June 20
9:00 – 10:20 am
Baton Rouge in Historical Context:
Evaluating Outcomes and Leadership
Louisiana State University, Lod Cook Alumni Center
10:30 – 11:50 am
Faith and Protest: Baton Rouge and Beyond
Louisiana State University, Lod Cook Alumni Center
12:00 – 1:20 pm
Lunch Keynote sponsored by Forum 35:
Rev. T.J. Jemison, Drs. Anthony Badger,
Doug Brinkley, Adam Fairclough
Louisiana State University, Lod Cook Alumni Center
1:30 – 2:50 pm
Media Coverage of Baton Rouge
and the Early Years of Civil Rights Protest
Louisiana State University , Lod Cook Alumni Center
3:00 – 4:20 pm
50 Years Later: The Desegregation
of East Baton Rouge Parish Schools
Louisiana State University, Lod Cook Alumni Center
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Evening Keynote:
The Honorable James Joseph
Former US Ambassador to South Africa
Southern University Union, Cotillion Ballroom
8:00 pm
Reception
Southern University, Museum of Art
Saturday, June 21 Juneteenth Celebration Baton Rouge
7:00 pm
Maryse Condé's
“The Tropical Breeze Hotel,”
a production directed by Femi Euba
Louisiana State University, Reilly Theatre at LSU
* All dates, times and panels topics subject to change.
