SNCC & Grassroots Organizing,NEH Discussion Series,Two Mississippi Museums

Join us in-person at the Two Mississippi Museums (Jackson, MS) on Saturday, April 26th from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. for the SNCC Learning Toolkit Workshop: Exploring Voting Rights in the Civil Rights Movement. This event is part of the discussion series, generously supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Black Power is often associated with SNCC's Stokely Carmichael, who publicized the phrase in June 1966 during the Meredith March, and it is often misunderstood as angry, anti-white rhetoric. These stereotypes miss Black Power's true meaning and deep roots in SNCC's work and thinking. For too many people, Black Power remains misperceived as violent and anti-white. These stereotypes interfere with a complex and nuanced understanding of the full range of tactics and thinking that made up the Black Freedom Movement. At its heart, Black Power was about valuing African Americans and maximizing collective action on behalf of Black well-being—concepts that remain critically important today. 

Join SNCC veteran and film producer, Judy Richardson (most well known for her work on Eyes on the Prize), and movement historian, Emilye Crosby, for this interactive Learning Toolkit workshop. Participants will dig into documents and audiovisual materials, learn about Black Power in SNCC’s movement building, and collectively explore how those lessons might be relevant today. This workshop is geared toward educators, civic organizations, community or activist groups, librarians, youth—or anyone who wants to learn more.

The workshop works best with laptops or tablets, but smart phones can work.

For more information about the discussion series, visit the SNCC Legacy Project website for details: https://sncclegacyproject.org/sncc-grassroots-organizing/

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