Forgotten Aspects of the Civil Rights Movement

Home , Constance Curry, Daisy Bates (activist), Dorothy Height, Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer

Pete DiNardo, Mt. Lebanon High School teacher and resident, presents a series on lesser known elements of the Civil Rights Movement. This series also launches an initiative to feature Mt. Lebanon teachers in public forums.

Medgar Evers - Race Agitator: Beyond Members: Women as A Tribute to The Cause Can Live On Anchors of the Movement Martin Luther King, Jr. Thursday February 8, 2018, 7:00 pm Thursday March 1, 2018, 7:00 pm Thursday April 5, 2018, 7:00 pm

Deemed a “race agitator” by his enemies, Pauli Murray. Ella Baker. Jo Ann Robinson. In remembrance of the 50th anniversary of the Medgar Evers was the first, and least known, of Daisy Bates. Dorothy Height. Septima Clark. assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., this the five major political assassinations of the Diane Nash. Fannie Lou Hamer. Anne Braden. talk celebrates his life and reflects on often 1960s. A powerful Civil Rights leader who Constance Curry. Joan Browning. Too few forgotten aspects of the man seen as the iconic connected youth activists with the older Americans recognize any of these patriotic image of the Civil Rights Movement, but who NAACP, Evers also was a model husband, activists for social justice. Until recently, found support split when he focused on father, patriot and citizen. A WWII veteran, he women’s contribution to and indeed leadership economic justice and anti-war activism in the refused to leave Mississippi despite pleas from in the Freedom Movement went under-reported. last years of his life. loved ones. Mostly considered a historical This talk probes the impact of select women footnote today, the story of Medgar Evers across decades to the freedom struggle, and Historical Society of Mt. Lebanon should be better remembered so, as his wife put offers vignettes of a number of black it after his death, “the cause can live on”. and white women in the hope of sparking the audience to explore their stories further. Sponsored by…

ALL PROGRAMS WILL BE HELD AT MT. LEBANON HIGH SCHOOL - FINE ARTS THEATER