{"id":3621,"date":"2017-02-06T21:06:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T21:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/hamerinstitute\/?p=3621"},"modified":"2023-10-20T17:58:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T17:58:32","slug":"a-commemoration-of-the-life-and-legacy-of-benjamin-brown-50-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/2017\/02\/06\/a-commemoration-of-the-life-and-legacy-of-benjamin-brown-50-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"A Commemoration of The Life and Legacy of Benjamin Brown: 50 Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thursday, February 16, 2017, 6:00 pm \u2013 A Panel Discussion &#8211; A Commemoration of The Life and Legacy of Benjamin Brown: <em>50 Years Later<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On May 11, 1967, a civil disturbance erupted into violence following a confrontation between a crowd of more than 200 people and Mississippi law enforcement resulting in the untimely death of Benjamin Brown, a young Mississippi Civil Rights activist. Today, nearly 50 years later, we pay tribute to Brown\u2019s life and legacy. Special guests include: Arthur Brown, Benjamin Brown\u2019s brother, Jan Hillegas, COFO Worker and friend, and others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/files\/2017\/02\/Benjamin-Brown-50th.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3635\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3635 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/files\/2017\/02\/Benjamin-Brown-50th-663x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Benjamin Brown 50th\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/files\/2017\/02\/Benjamin-Brown-50th-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/files\/2017\/02\/Benjamin-Brown-50th-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/files\/2017\/02\/Benjamin-Brown-50th-768x1187.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/files\/2017\/02\/Benjamin-Brown-50th.jpg 1056w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, February 16, 2017, 6:00 pm \u2013 A Panel Discussion &#8211; A Commemoration of The Life and Legacy of Benjamin Brown: 50 Years Later On May 11, 1967, a civil disturbance erupted into violence following a confrontation between a crowd of more than 200 people and Mississippi law enforcement resulting in the untimely death of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3621"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3855,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3621\/revisions\/3855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/cofo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}