Desegregation and Busing in Evansville • EVPL Central
Schedule
Tue Feb 25 2025 at 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
200 SE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Evansville, IN, United States, Indiana 47713 | Evansville, IN
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𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞Watez G. Phelps Sr., former University of Evansville African American Alumni Association President, will discuss desegregation and related school busing in Evansville. He’ll elaborate on its successes and failures from the early 1970s to the present.
📅 Tuesday, Feb. 25
🕰️ 5:30 – 7:30 pm
📍 EVPL Central: https://bit.ly/40DeVo8
About Watex G. Phelps Sr.:
Phelps Sr. was part of the second cohort of African American students to be bused in Evansville; he was also in the first cohort of the alternative schools program.
He will reflect on his personal experience and that of his classmates, as well as provide a historical analysis of the effectiveness of busing. He will use Dr. Alfred Wiley’s 1962 seminal doctoral dissertation on segregation within the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation as a point of departure.
This program is related to upcoming presentation, 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐄𝐠𝐚𝐧 | 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊: 𝐀𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬.
Timothy Egan’s "A Fever in The Heartland" is a New York Times bestseller and a top-circulating title at EVPL in 2024. The book details the Klan’s rise in Indiana (with multiple mentions of Evansville) and the courageous woman who helped bring about its downfall.
📅 Wednesday, Mar. 19
🕰️ 7:00 - 8:00 pm
📍 First Presbyterian Church: https://bit.ly/4fl1WNt
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Where is it happening?
200 SE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Evansville, IN, United States, Indiana 47713Event Location & Nearby Stays:
