Because of overwhelming response, Wayne State University Law School’s sixth Damon J. Keith Biennial Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 23, featuring activist Julian Bond, is moving to a larger venue.
The event initially was planned for the law school’s Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium. But with more than 400 people registered already, the lecture has been moved to the university’s larger Community Arts Auditorium at 450 Reuther Mall.
The larger venue also allows the law school to continue taking registrations for the event.
Bond’s presentation, “Under Color of Law,” is set for 7:30 p.m.
He will speak about the role the law has played in encouraging and thwarting the civil rights movement.
The event is free and open to the public. Register by visiting keithcenter.wayne.edu/bond or calling (313) 577-0300.
The lecture series is part of the mission of the law school’s Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights to provide education about civil rights to the community and to nurture the next generation of civil rights leaders.
While a student at Morehouse College, Bond co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Atlanta student sit-in and anti-segregation organization.
He was arrested for the first time for sitting-in at the then-segregated cafeteria at Atlanta City Hall and continued to be active in protests and voter registration campaigns throughout the South during this historic civil rights era.
In 1965, Bond was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives and was prevented from taking his seat by members who objected to his opposition to the Vietnam War.
He was re-elected to his own vacant seat and unseated again.
After winning a third election and a unanimous decision of the U.S. Supreme Court, he was seated and ultimately served four terms in the state House and six in the state Senate.
The first president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, he held that post for more than 30 years. He also served as chairman of the NAACP, the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, from 1998 to 2010.
He also has served on the Advisory Board of the American Civil Liberties Union and many other boards. He continues to serve on the NAACP’s national board.
As a professor, he has taught at American University, Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania. He is a professor emeritus in the History Department at the University of Virginia.
In 2002, he received the National Freedom Award, and, in 2008, the Library of Congress named him a “Living Legend.” In 2009, he received the NAACP’s Spingarn Medal.
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