United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization Transatlantic Slave Trade & University of Florida Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (SPOHP) Presents An Oral History Symposium Saturday, October 25, 2014 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. in Pugh Hall MacKay Auditorium University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 Theme: From Slavery to Civil Rights: Stories of Heroes FREE to Everyone - Students - Parents - Teachers - Community! FREE Parking Saturday on UF Campus Lunch on your own Civil Rights Honor - Rev. Dr. Thomas A. Wright, Sr. “An African American History Rapper,” Mrs. Angela Wright, Hawthorne Middle School and Brother, Nii Sowa-La, Ghana West African Drummer “Civil War, Reconstruction and Civil Rights” Questions and Discussion Dr. Paul Ortiz, Ph.D., SPOHP Director, Author of Emancipation Betrayed Dr. Patricia Hilliard-Nunn, Ph.D., African Studies, Poet, UF “The Cracked Life” Documentary Film Mr. Cleveland Robinson, Film Maker Questions & Panel Discussion: Dr. Karen Cole-Smith, Ph.D., Community Outreach and East Gainesville Instruction, Santa Fe College, Mr. Kali Blount, Commissioner, Alachua Housing Authority, Ms. Maxine Jones, Rejuvenation Massage Therapist 3 - 5:00 p.m. Tour of the University of Florida Campus “History is What We Are
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