VCU Libraries Black History Month Lecture February 9, 2010

VCU Libraries Lecture Sponsored by the VCU Friends of the Library Tuesday, February 9, 2010 7:30 p.m. W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts 922 Park Avenue "Fifty years after the student-led sit-ins - Where are we now?" In February 1960, African-American students and others began to participate in sit-in demonstrations at lunch counters throughout the South. These protests against segregation in public facilities precipitated the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Join us for a panel discussion exploring the legacy of those protests including the state of Black America and race relations 50 years after the student-led sit-ins. Free and open to the public. Parking is available for a fee in the West Main Street and West Cary Street parking decks. If special accommodations are needed, please call (804) 827-1165 or (804) 827-1163 prior to Feb. 5, 2010. www.library.vcu.edu/bhm

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