2007: A Race Odyssey

2007 – The first Anne Braden Memorial Lecture guest speaker, the late Julian Bond, was a civil rights icon and catalyst for change during the Civil Rights Movement.
2007: A Race Odyssey

Program Overview

  • Welcome: Catherine Fosl, ABI Founding Director
  • Tribute to Anne Braden: Shameka Parrish-Wright, student and community activist
  • Introduction and Overview: J. Blaine Hudson, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Remarks: Julian Bond, Chair, NAACP, and a leader of the 1960s student civil rights movement in Atlanta
  • Reception following, compliments of the office of Dr. Mordean Taylor-Archer, Associate Provost for Diversity and Equal Opportunity

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