Now - April 30
“1963-2013: Desegregation – Integration” Exhibit
Museum of Education, Wardlaw Hall
On-site and web exhibitions that portray the racial climate of the Columbia community in 1963, examine differences between school desegregation and integration, and offer advice to pre-service teachers who are planning to enter the classrooms of South Carolina and join the struggle for social justice and civil rights.
Mar. 27
I. DeQuincey Newman Lecture
6 p.m. — Spigner House
Speaker: Dr. Henrie Monteith Treadwell, Research Professor at the Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Community Health and Preventative Medicine & Director of Community Voices: Healthcare for the Underserved Policy Initiative
Apr. 10
Robert Smalls Lecture:
“60th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education On May 17, 2014:
Is Education Equal Today for All School Children?”
7 p.m. — Capstone, Campus Room
Speaker: Dr. John C. Brittain, Professor of Law at the University of the District of Columbia
Apr. 11
Garden Dedication
11 a.m. — Osborne Administration Building
Student Presentations:
African American Experiences at USC, 1865-1980
2 p.m. — Harper College on the Horseshoe, Gressette Room
Apr. 12
Our Journey Forward
7:30 p.m. — Koger Center for the Arts
Hosted by Commemorating 50 Years of USC Desegregation Committee, School of Music, Department of Theater and Dance
Apr. 14
“Up, up with education, down, down with segregation!”
3:00 p.m. — Location TBD
Speaker: Dr. Pam Voekel, Associate Professor, History, University of Georgia and Co-founder & faculty member at Freedom University Georgia