[Peace] Ben Cox, original Freedom Rider, in-residence at Unit One

[Laura Haber]

please forward:

Ben Cox, civil rights leader and original Freedom Rider, will be a
Guest-in-Residence at Unit One/Allen Hall 10/19-10/23. He will be speaking each
night of his residency. All programs are free and open to the public and take
place in the South Rec Room of Allen Hall, 1005 W. Gregory, Urbana. Call
333-8351 for more information or check out our website:
www.housing.uiuc.edu/living/unit1. Cox’s visit is co-sponsored by the
Chancellor’s Brown v Board of Education Commemoration Committee and the Office
of Continuing Education.

See below for a full schedule.

Ben Cox was one of the 13 original Freedom Riders of the Civil Rights Movement
who sought to desegregate public transportation and whose efforts spawned
Freedom Summer and the eventual desegregation of public travel.  In the early
years of the civil rights movement, Mr. Cox was field secretary for CORE (the
Congress on Racial Equality). He traveled to various universities teaching
students to use non-violent protest techniques to achieve social change.  Mr.
Cox also has a 1965 Supreme Court decision in his favor, Cox vs. Louisiana,
which is widely considered to be a landmark decision regarding free speech and
free assembly. 

Sunday, October 19
8:00pm – Opening Program: “A Lifetime of Struggle for Civil Rights”

Monday, October 20
7:00pm – “Acts of Racism and Racial Hate Groups”

Tuesday, October 21
7:00pm – “A Look at the Major Organizations of the Civil Rights Movement”

Wednesday, October 22
7:00pm – “The Unfinished Business of Civil Rights: What Can We Do?”

Thursday, October 23
7:00pm – “Why Nonviolence? The Methods of the Civil Rights Movement”

Laura Haber
Assistant Program Director of Unit One
University of Illinois
68 Allen Hall (MC 050)
1005 W. Gregory
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 244-2317
l-haber at uiuc.edu


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