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Living History: A Special After Hours Event

April 13, 2018 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Free

Explore the Civil Rights Movement through the experiences of local residents. Engage in discussions about cultural changes in the 1960s and today.

Participants include:
Washington State’s first female African-American Senator Rosa Franklin; Education champion Tom Hilyard; Artist and activist Christopher Paul Jordan; Creator of the Evergreen State College Tacoma campus and the Mimms Academy Dr. Maxine Mimms; First African American to head Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services Lyle Quasim; Tacoma School District’s first African American principal Willie Stewart; Tacoma’s first African American City Manager James Walton

Details

Date:
April 13, 2018
Time:
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/159058551411091/

Venue

Pierce County Library University Place
3609 Market Place W., Suite 100
University Place, WA 98466
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