Presentation: 1/13/12:  12:30 – 1:20 Whitewater Room Commons: "Facing History and Ourselves"

Hear and meet Dr. Robert Singleton, one of the organizers of and participants in the 1961 Freedom Riders, helping to further the cause of desegregation in the South. Dr. Singleton, who is now a professor at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles, will give a presentation at 12:30 – 1:20  on Friday, Jan 13 in the Whitewater Room of the UI Commons. He will tell of his experiences in the Freedom Ride, being arrested and jailed, what it meant to him then and now. A question session will follow.

Dr. and Mrs. Singleton were involved in the Civil Rights movement as activists in the early 1960’s, challenging Los Angeles’ discrimination practices in restaurant service, apartment rentals, barber shops and department stores. In 1961, as students, they recruited and joined the Freedom Riders to test unlawful discrimination in travel accommodations in the south. On July 30, they were arrested in Jackson, Mississippi and, along with more than 300 Freedom Riders, were tried, fined and incarcerated at Parchman Penitentiary. Their activities challenged Mississippi and other southern states to comply with two U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling racial segregation unconstitutional in interstate travel.  This and other civil rights strategies led to enactment of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which helped bring down the barriers to equal opportunity in America.

Film: 1/17/12 Noon and 4pm, TLC 230 Student Diversity Center: Showings of Dr. King’s "I Have a Dream" Speech on Tuesday, Jan. 17 at noon and 4 p.m.  "I Have a Dream" is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most famous speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Aug.28, 1963. (25 minutes) Both showings will be held in the Student Diversity Center (TLC 230)

Presentation: "From Civil Rights to Cultural Competence: What Have We Learned?"
Wednesday, January 18 5:00 pm
Summit Rooms, 4th Floor Idaho Commons
Guest Speaker: Jeff Guillory, Director of Diversity Education at Washington State University.