VCU Libraries is pleased to sponsor a round-table discussion of the 
Prince Edward School closing and the mid-20th century civil rights 
movement in Virginia, Separate But Not Equal: Race, Education and 
Virginia on Wednesday, February 26, 2003. This event will gather 
together civil rights veterans and students who were directly affected 
by the closing of the Prince Edward County Schools in the 1950s & 1960s. 
The event will be held Wednesday, February 26, 2003, 7:00 p.m., School 
of Business Auditorium, 1015 Floyd Avenue, Virginia Commonwealth University

Panelists include:

Ms. Jean Fairfax, formerly with the American Friends Service Committee 
(AFSC) and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, human rights and 
philanthropic activist.

Dr. Vonita Foster, Director of the L. Douglas Wilder Library at Virginia 
Union University, native of Prince Edward County, and co-author of 
Silent Trumpets of Justice: Integration’s Failure in Prince Edward County.

Reverend Curtis Harris, past president of the Virginia State Unit of the 
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), NAACP, VCHR and pastor 
of Union Baptist Church in Hopewell, Virginia.

Reverend Heslip “Happy” Lee, former Executive Director of the Virginia 
Council on Human Relations (VCHR) and the Southern Regional Council 
(SRC), other civil rights and anti-poverty organizations.

Senator Henry Marsh, III, Virginia state legislator, lawyer, civil 
rights activist, former Mayor of Richmond.

Dr. Edward Peeples, Emeritus professor, VCU, public health educator, 
civil rights activist, researcher and essayist.

Moderator: Honorable James W. Benton, Jr., Judge, Court of Appeals of 
Virginia.

Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Public parking is 
available in the Main Street Parking Deck, 801 W. Main Street. If 
special accommodations are needed, please contact Kimberly Separ at 
828-1105 or email [log in to unmask]

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