50 YEAR COMMEMORATION OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
HOSTED BY
THE
NORTH LOUISIANA CIVIL
RIGHTS COALITION
WEDNESDAY – September 18, 2013, 10:00
AM - Golden Anniversary Memorial Service
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Celebration of
the Golden Anniversary of Civil Rights Movement in Shreveport including a
Memorial Service honoring fallen local and national Civil Rights leaders. The historic events of the night of September
22 at Little Union, B. C. led to the events at Booker T. Washington.
LOCATION: Little Union Baptist Church, Shreveport 71103,
Rev. Clifford McLain, Pastor.
§
Announcement
of events for the week – Press Conference
§
Tour of the
Archives Room in the C. C. McLain Education Building
§
News
Conference/Interviews
WEDNESDAY – September 18, 2013, 7:00 PM – Citywide
Prayer Service
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Citywide/Regional
Prayer Service (In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s uplifting civil
rights sermon preached at Galilee Baptist Church)
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LOCATION: Galilee Baptist Church, 1500 Pierre Avenue,
Shreveport 71103, Dr. E. Edward Jones, Pastor.
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All area
Churches are invited to attend.
§
Prayer
Focus: Civil Servants, Educators,
Elected Officials
THURSDAY – September 19, 2013 –9:00 AM Student Film
Screening
·
FILM FESTIVAL
AND CIVIL RIGHTS PANEL DISCUSSION
§ Student screening of the powerful documentary
“Beyond Galilee” highlighting the civil rights events, which occurred in
Shreveport, Louisiana in 1963.
§ Location: Booker
T. Washington High School gymnasium
§ Testimonials of civil rights icons – including
former students who were arrested and featured in the documentary “Beyond
Galilee”
§ Panel
discussion and interviews following the screening.
FRIDAY – September 20, 2013 – 7:00 PM NAACP Annual Banquet
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LOCATION: Clarion Hotel, 1419 East 70th
Street, Shreveport, LA 71105; $65.00 per ticket
SATURDAY – September 21, 2013 – The “Finishing What We Started” Parade
10:00 AM
§
Route
commemorates the historic student protest and march which lead to the mass
arrests of Booker T. Washington High School Students.
§
Parade begins
at Little Union Baptist Church and ends at Booker T. Washington High School on
Milam Street
§
There will be
a special celebration hosted by the BTW Alumni Association immediately after the
parade.
SUNDAY - September 22, 2013, 6:00 PM – Mega
Civil Rights Celebration and Worship Service
§ LOCATION: RiverView , 600 Clyde Fant Hwy., Shreveport, Louisiana 71101
§ Culminating event open to the public. ALL faiths and denominations are welcome to
attend.
Rev. Clifford McLain – Pastor, Little
Union Baptist Church & Chairman
of the North Louisiana Civil Rights
Coalition
Rev. Harry Blake - Pastor, Mt. Canaan
Baptist Church & Honorary Chairman
of the North Louisiana Civil Rights
Coalition
For more information, please contact Michael Hicks at 318-820-4661 or nlacrcoalition@gmail.com
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