TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — In observance of African-American Heritage Month, The University of Alabama School of Social Work will host a pair of noted female civil rights activists.
The events will feature Constance Slaughter-Harvey, attorney, founder and president of the Legacy Foundation and Community Empowerment Foundation Inc. in Forest, Miss., and Theresa Burroughs, founder of the Safe House Black History Museum in Greensboro.
Slaughter-Harvey is the first black woman to earn a law degree from the University of Mississippi. She also helped desegregate the Mississippi Highway Patrol.
The events are as follows:
Thursday, Feb. 13, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., 223 Little Hall
Film screenings of “Standing on My Sisters’ Shoulders” and “Fullness of Time: A Story for the Living South” will be held. Popcorn and drinks will be provided. These films feature the School of Social Work’s colloquium speakers, Slaughter-Harvey and Burroughs.
Monday, Feb. 17, noon, 223 Little Hall
The Dr. Ethel H. Hall African-American Heritage Month Colloquium will feature guest speakers Slaughter-Harvey and Burroughs, both of whom will speak on “Sisters and the Movement: The Role of Women in Civil Rights Then and Now.”
The event, sponsored by UA’s School of Social Work Board of Friends, is free and open to the public. The audience members are invited to join in informal dialogue and discussion with the speakers at 1:30 p.m.
Contact
David Miller, media relations, 205/348-0825, dcmiller2@ur.ua.edu
Source
Vickie Whitfield, administrative specialist, School of Social Work, 205/348-3942,