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Fannie Lou Hamer
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Date: February 2, 2009
(JACKSON, Miss.) - Community college educators will get to immerse themselves in the study of the 1960s southern civil rights movement this summer as the Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on Citizenship and Democracy hosts its annual Civil Rights Workshop at Jackson State University. The two one-week workshops are sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Hamer Institute and will be offered: July 6 - 11 and July 13 - 18.
The workshops will be held at Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., and the National Civil Rights Museum and Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. The application deadline is Monday, March 16. Twenty-five slots are available for each one-week workshop.
"This is a rare opportunity to study under people who were personally involved in the civil rights movement as well as outstanding scholars," said Jackson State political science professor Leslie Burl McLemore, one of the founders of the Hamer Institute.
For more information regarding the program, application process and the syllabus, visit www.jsums.edu/hamer.institute or call the Hamer Institute at 601-979-1562.
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About Jackson State University: Challenging Minds, Changing Lives Jackson State University, founded in 1877, is a historically black, high research activity university located in Jackson, the capital city of the state of Mississippi. Jackson State's nurturing academic environment challenges individuals to change lives through teaching, research and service. Officially designated as Mississippi's Urban University, Jackson State continues to enhance the state, nation and world through comprehensive economic development, health-care, technological and educational initiatives. The only university in the Jackson metropolitan area, Jackson State is located near downtown, with three satellite campuses throughout the city. For more information, visit www.jsums.edu.
