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SUMMARY:Freedom Summer Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Participate and Celebrate Freedom Summer!Sat\, Aug 24\, 2024 at 2:00 PMBenicia Public Library\, 150 E L St\, Benicia\, CA\, 94510Event DetailsA free program\, Freedom Summer – 60 Years of Voting Rights will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday\, Aug. 24\, 2024\, at the Dona Benicia Room at the Benicia Public Library\, 150 East L Street in Benicia.This event is co-sponsored by the Benicia Public Library\, Benicia Black Lives Matter\, League of Women Voters os Solano County\, the Vallejo chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)\, the Benicia Literary Arts\, the Benicia-Vallejo branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW).This dynamic program will address voting rights history from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1964 up to 2024.Presenters include:Mary Susan Gast\, Benicia poet laureate\, will speak of the gifts of Freedom Summer.Linda Youngblood Wright\, a Benicia storyteller\, will share an oral theater presentation about Fannie Lou Hamer\, an American voting and women’s rights activist\, community organizer\, and leader in the civil rights movement. Hamer was the vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party\, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention.Syria T Berry\, a prominent singer who has been performing in Bay Area clubs for over 40 years and a ministry leader\, will engage the audience with renditions of several freedom songs.Questions? Please call the Reference Librarian at 707-746-4343.
URL:https://lwvc.org/event/freedom-summer-celebration/
LOCATION:Benicia Public Library\, 150 E L St\, Benicia\, CA\, 94510\, United States
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