Picketing at Boston School Committee, August 7, 1963. (View Image)
Image courtesy Archives and Special Collections Department, Northeastern University

"Power and Protest The Civil Rights Movement in Boston, 1960-1968"
A Public Symposium on Our Freedom Decade

Join the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, the Massachusetts Historical Society, and the Museum of Afro-American History in preserving for posterity the stories of those who made local history, but with national impact. Hear from James Breeden, Sarah Ann Shaw, Mel King, Virgil Wood, and Kenneth Guscott who fought for justice. Remember a pivotal era now largely forgotten. Listen to the testimony of those who helped establish racial equality in our city and in our nation.

Few Bostonians know anything about the hard-fought battles for equal rights in the American Revolution's “cradle of liberty.” Both popular and scholarly attention has focused on the 20th century struggle for equality in other areas of the country, ignoring Boston's civil rights history. “Power and Protest” will offer a new look at our Freedom Decade and how it shaped the Boston and America we live in today.

Dates & Location.

3-4 November 2006
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (Directions)
Columbia Point, Boston

(Free parking on-site. The JFK Library is accessible via the JFK/UMass Red Line station with a free shuttle bus to the Library.)

Registration

Registration (includes lunch):
- Regular Attendees $30
- Teachers & Seniors - $20
- High School & College Students - Free (with ID)

Space is limited, and registration is first-come, first-served. Registration deadline is 31 October 2006.

Pre-registration is required. You may register online using the buttons below, or download the Conference Program with Registration Form in Word or PDF format below and mail with your credit card or check payment.

Important!: Please write in your choice of Panel 1 or Panel 2 for Saturday morning in the "comments" section as you enter your credit card information!

Download Conference Program with Mail-In Registration Form

Conference Program

Friday, 3 November 2006
7:00- 9:00 PM	Welcome & Keynote Address -Welcome by John Shattuck, Director, Kennedy Library Foundation -Introduction: Paul La Camera, WBUR Radio -Keynote address: ?Setting the Context,? Gerald Gill, Tufts University -Reception
Saturday, 4 November 2006 - 8:30 AM-4:00 PM
8:30 AM 9:00 AM 9:30 -10:45 AM       10:45 -11 AM 11 AM - 12:15 PM 12:30 PM   2:00 ? 3:30 PM 3:30 PM	Day 2 Begins Welcome - Tom Putnam, Acting Director, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum - Introduction: Dennis Fiori, Massachusetts Historical Society - Opening remarks: Hubie Jones Concurrent Sessions (Please indicate your choice when registering!) Panel 1: The Churches and the Movement - Virgil Wood; Don Muhammad; Ed Blackman; Gilbert Caldwell -Moderator: Harvey Cox Panel 2: Jim & Jane Crow Employment -Chuck Turner; Alan Gartner; Paul Johnson; Glendora Putnam, Lenny Alkins. -Moderator: Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. Break Plenary - Panel 3: Jim Crow Education in Boston, Spark of the Movement -Paul Parks; Jean McGuire; James Breeden, Kenneth Guscott, Aida Hayes -Moderator: Laura Morris Lunch -Introduction: Ed Blackman -Keynote Lunch Speaker: James Breeden Plenary - Panel 4: African American Organizations, Students, and the Movement in Boston -Mel King; Sarah Ann Shaw; Julian Houston; Hubie Jones -Moderator: Christopher Lydon Panel 5: Primary Source Student Workshop (for students only) C losing Closing Remarks -Introduction: Lynell Thomas, UMass Boston -Speaker: Beverly Morgan Welch, Museum of African-American History

Organizers: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Massachusetts Historical Society, Museum of Afro-American History, Primary Source..

Underwriters: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, Boston University.

Sponsors: Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University; The Boston Globe Foundation; The Boston Foundation; Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation; William Monroe Trotter Institute at UMass Boston; Affirmative Investments, First Financial Management, Foley Hoag.

In-kind Supporters: Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, Old South Meeting House

Questions or To Register :

    Massachusetts Historical Society
    Civil Rights Symposium
    1154 Boylston Street
    Boston, MA 02215
    kcprmail@aol.com
    617-427-0997

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