Civil Rights and Humanitarian Issues Facing the World Today

Sixth Annual Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lectureship. Presented by University College Open VISIONS Forum in collaboration with the Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/bennettcenter-posters/1224/thumbnail.jp

Try to remember the kind of September when life was slow [first line]

Performers: Harry BelafontePiano, Voice and Chord

Harry Belafonte and SNCC circular regarding Sammy Younge, MSS.2112

Abstract: Circular signed by Harry Belafonte on behalf of SNCC, describing the recent murder of Sammy Younge, Jr., in Tuskegee, Alabama.Scope and Content Note: A circular letter written and distributed by Harry Belafonte and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. It describes the January 3, 1966, murder of Sammy Younge, Jr., an African American student and member of SNCC, who was killed by a gas station attendant in Tuskegee, Alabama, for protesting the segregated restrooms at the gas station. The circular asks for donations to continue its work for Civil Rights.Biographical/Historical Note

2013 MLK Keynote Address: Harry Belafonte

2013 MLK Keynote, award-winning artist and social activist Harry Belafonte discusses the role of Artist as Activist