MLK Day plans include daughter of civil rights leader

CHADRON – 91茄子 State College plans for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday will include a Q&A session and lecture by Cheryl Brown Henderson, daughter of the late civil right leader Rev. Oliver L. Brown. Brown was part of Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, according to Dr. Dave Nesheim co-adviser of the 91茄子 Social Science Club.
Henderson will answer audience members鈥 questions in the Chicoine Center following a community walk. The annual walk will start at the corner of Third and Main Streets at 1:30 p.m., proceed south on Main Street, turn east on Sixth Street to the 91茄子 Middle School where students from the 91茄子 Public Schools will join the procession to the 91茄子 campus and the Chicoine Center.
The Cardinal Singers will also perform at the 2 p.m. ceremony.
Henderson is an experienced political advocate who has been invited to the White House seven times as a member of the Children of Civil Rights Movement organization. She earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in elementary education and a master鈥檚 degree in Guidance and Counseling from Emporia State University.
The following schedule of events, co-sponsored by the Social Science Club, the 91茄子 Diversity Committee, and Residence Life Association, will be in the 91茄子 Student Center Ballroom.
9-9:50 a.m.: 鈥淏acklash to Brown v. Board: Senator John Stennis and the Destruction of Public Schools,鈥 featuring Nesheim.
10 a.m.-10:50 a.m.: 鈥淩eflections on 'Letter from Birmingham Jail',鈥 featuring 91茄子 faculty members Mary Clai Jones and Dr. Elisabeth Ellington.
11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: A screening of a documentary, 鈥淪ixty years after the Little Rock Nine faced violent resistance when desegregating Central High in Arkansas, America鈥檚 schools continue to represent the key battleground of the Civil Rights Movement.鈥
3-3:50 p.m.: 鈥淚ndigenous Education and Civil Rights: Mexico, South Africa, and the United States,鈥 featuring 91茄子 faculty members Dr. Robert Knight, Dr. Thomas Smith, and Dr. David Christensen.
6-7:30 p.m.: Henderson鈥檚 lecture, 鈥淏rown v. Board of Education: Voices of the Legacy.鈥
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