Welcome everyone. My name is William Sturkey and im pleased to introduce our guests for tonights conversation. My immediate left Daphne Chamberlain, a native of columbus, mississippi and Daphne Chamberlain serves as Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and social justice. And she is also associate professor of history at, her alma mater, the historic Tougaloo College before the opportunity. Before returning to tougaloo as a faculty member in 2013, chamberlain was founding director of the cofa Civil Education Center at jackson state, and she is also served as a scholar consultant for numerous local, state and National Civil rights projects. Her scholarship on childrens activism in the 1960s, civil rights richard lou her left grew up in a biracial family that was spiritually and intellectually guided by parents who were both anticolonialist and culturally affirming. His artwork has been cited in over 40 scholarly books and on the cover of five different books, the most of which chica
For coming on this very rainy and dreary and cold day last wednesday of black history month. So were going to celebrate with this topic today. But its such an honor to really bring this story to you. I think this is a remarkable woman, and i am so honored to feature her work today. So i want to start by thinking about the ways that we are currently living in this age of remembering mamie tillmobley. In the last two years, we have observed the abc limited series women of the movement dramatized the lives and stories of emmett till and mamie tillmobley and make them a sex accessible on television screens, on mobile devices and the streaming platform. Hulu unfolding across six episodes over three weeks. Women are the movement centers to mobilize activist efforts in the wake of our sons brutal murder and brilliantly portrays the heroic deeds of the individual communities and organizations supporting our desire to bring awareness to tills death and hold accountable those responsible for its
For coming on this very rainy and dreary and cold day last wednesday of black history month. So were going to celebrate with this topic today. But its such an honor to really bring this story to you. I think this is a remarkable woman, and i am so honored to feature her work today. So i want to start by thinking about the ways that we are currently living in this age of remembering mamie tillmobley. In the last two years, we have observed the abc limited series women of the movement dramatized the lives and stories of emmett till and mamie tillmobley and make them a sex accessible on television screens, on mobile devices and the streaming platform. Hulu unfolding across six episodes over three weeks. Women are the movement centers to mobilize activist efforts in the wake of our sons brutal murder and brilliantly portrays the heroic deeds of the individual communities and organizations supporting our desire to bring awareness to tills death and hold accountable those responsible for its
But its such an honor to really bring this story to you. I think this is a remarkable woman, and i am so honored to feature her work today. So i want to start by thinking about the ways that we are currently living in this age of remembering mamie tillmobley. In the last two years, we have observed the abc limited series women of the movement dramatized the lives and stories of emmett till and mamie tillmobley and make them a sex accessible on television screens, on mobile devices and the streaming platform. Hulu unfolding across six episodes over three weeks. Women are the movement centers to mobilize activist efforts in the wake of our sons brutal murder and brilliantly portrays the heroic deeds of the individual communities and organizations supporting our desire to bring awareness to tills death and hold accountable those responsible for its. After. Women of the movement aired each week. The three part docu series let the world see immediately followed, providing audiences with ano
Wednesday of black history month. So were going to celebrate with this topic today. But its such an honor to really bring this story to you. I think this is a remarkable woman, and i am so honored to feature her work today. So i want to start by thinking about the ways that we are currently living in this age of remembering mamie tillmobley. In the last two years, we have observed the abc limited series women of the movement dramatized the lives and stories of emmett till and mamie tillmobley and make them a sex accessible on television screens, on mobile devices and the streaming platform. Hulu unfolding across six episodes over three weeks. Women are the movement centers to mobilize activist efforts in the wake of our sons brutal murder and brilliantly portrays the heroic deeds of the individual communities and organizations supporting our desire to bring awareness to tills death and hold accountable those responsible for its. After. Women of the movement aired each week. The three p