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Houston premiere of a new feature length documentary focusing on the activists who undertook non-violent change in British-ruled India, “Jim Crow” Southern USA, and apartheid South Africa. Rev. James Lawson, Methodist Minister from California who started the movement in the US, Curtis Graves and Peter Ackerman participated

Abstract Achieving Freedom A Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration In Collaboration with The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum Sunday, January 15, 2006 at 3:00 pm “Achieving Freedom” is a celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday. Presented in collaboration with The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum, the program will address the African American quest for freedom through racial struggle and hard-won success in the military. The program will begin with an introduction by...

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Co-sponsored by the Rothko Chapel, Holocaust Museum, and Social Justice Committee of the University of St. Thomas. Held in Scanlon Hall.

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Professor Irving Kelter and Trish Vandiver, Holocaust survivor Walter Kase. Sponsored by Holocaust Museum, University of St. Thomas

Abstract A Community Conversation on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Great March on Washington and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream Speech Suggested donation $10Fifty years ago, on August 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands of people marched for civil and economic rights under the theme "jobs and freedom." Do you remember the March? Were you there?One of the largest demonstrations for human rights in United States' history, it was the occasion on which...

Abstract Vimeo Livestream, 6pm CDT Frances Tarlton “Sissy” Farenthold Endowed Lecture Series in Peace, Social Justice and Human Rights Is this really a racial reckoning? with Charles M. Blow Presented in partnership with the Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice at UT’s School of LawAfter the killing of George Floyd, millions of people, of all races and ethnicities, in America and around the world, poured into the streets as part of historic protests to demand racial justice. Some...

Abstract Judge Thomas Buergenthal Suggested donation $10 In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Judge Thomas Buergenthal shares his inspiring personal journey from a prisoner in Auschwitz to a judge championing human rights on the International Court of Justice. Judge Buergenthal served as the American judge on the International Court of Justice from 2000 until 2010. Prior to the ICJ, he was a judge and president of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and served as a member of the...

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In honor of MLK Day, the Rothko Chapel plays speeches from his life throughout the day. Come listen to the quiet of the Chapel resonate with MLK’s voice.

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Contains materials related to public programs during the time period, except for Awards and Colloquia which have separate series.

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The only Houstonian who attended the UN Conference on Racism last August in South Africa shared her experiences and thoughts about her trip