National Civil Rights Storytelling Project Coming to Orangeburg
The Times and Democrat (Orangeburg, SC)
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August 4, 2004
Summary:
The
American Association of Retired Persons, the
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the
Library of Congress have partnered to develop a
Voices of Civil Rights project, a multifaceted effort to build the world's largest archive of firsthand accounts of the civil rights movement.
The project includes a historic bus tour during which thousands of untold stories and memories of the civil rights movement will be collected. The 70-day nationwide tour will begin at the National Mall on Aug. 3 in Washington, D.C. and pass through 35 cities, stopping at local commemorative events before rolling into the annual AARP Member Event in Las Vegas on Oct. 14.
Subjects Covered:
education
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