our guest speaker will be taking questions later on in the program. we want to make sure that you help us along with keeping him busy with your questions. we re going to be using the youtube chat, so if you want to get a little practice now, put your hometown and city hometown, city, state in there so i can give you a shoutout later on in the program. i m delighted to introduce our keynote speaker and conversation today. civil rights attorney fred gray, preacher and activist, who continues to practice law in alabama today. he litigated several major civil rights cases in alabama, including some such as browder versus gale that reached the supreme court. he represented rosa parks, martin luther king, john lewis, among many other civil rights luminaries. his success in the courtroom on civil rights is what makes up much of today s textbook for law students. i could go on. let s hear from mr. gray. are you with us? thank you very much. terrific. we re happy to have you t
A program students say has given them more opportunities for success is coming to an end. Shelby County Public Schools announced the closing of Big Picture Learning Academy.