Integration at Auburn University

2014 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Events17-24 Friday - Friday King Week at Auburn University www.auburn.edu/aukingweek

17 Friday, 10:00 am - Noon Auburn Serves Volunteer Fair Auburn University Student Center, 2nd Floor For additional information, contact Joyce Thomas-Vinson

at 334-844-5117.

20 Monday, 7:30 am Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Annual

Scholarship Breakfast Speaker: Isaiah Hugley, City Manager, Columbus, Ga.

Consolidated Government For ticket purchase information, call 334-844-5042. The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center

Monday A Day On and Not A Day Off

Community-wide Day of Service Pre-registration required at 334-844-5042.

21 Tuesday, 9:30 am – 11:30 am A Dialogue on Race, Ethnicity, and Integration Forum

with Harold A. Franklin, Judge U.W. Clemon, Anthony Lee, Samuel Pettijohn, and Willie Wyatt

The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center Auditorium

Sponsored by the offices of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs and University Outreach

Tuesday, 11:45 am – 1:00 pm “Honoring the Past, Charting the Future.”

Commemorating 50 Years of Integration Recognition Luncheon

Speaker: Frank Walker, Associate Professor and Poet, University of Kentucky

For ticket purchase information, call 334-844-5042. The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center

Ballroom Sponsored by the offices of Alumni Affairs, Diversity and

Multicultural Affairs, and University Outreach

22 Wednesday, 3:00 pm Commemoration Lecture Series “Segregation, Desegregation, and the Vestiges of

Segregation at Auburn University” Dwayne Cox, Head of Special Collections and Archives Special Collections and Archives, Draughon Library

23 Thursday, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Voices of Freedom Interfaith Service The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center

Auditorium

24 Friday, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Multicultural Center Watch and Learn Series:

“Imitation of Life” This is a poignant melodrama about a single mother who hires a black woman to care for her child. The film subverts Hollywood conventions to create a bitter critique of American racism and capitalism.

Multicultural Center, 1330 Student Center

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Integration at Auburn UniversityFred Gray The Montgomery, Ala., native had to leave the state to finish his education because blacks could not then attend Alabama’s segregated law schools. He returned to his hometown in 1954 and became one of two black lawyers in the city. He was, he writes, “determined to destroy everything segregated that I could find.” He did not have to wait long. He represented Harold Franklin in his 1963 petition to enroll at Auburn University. When his friend Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 for violating the segregated-seating ordinance on a Montgomery bus, 26-year-old Martin Luther King Jr., was chosen to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and 24-year-old Fred Gray became his—and the movement’s—lawyer. Gray’s legal victory in the federal courts ended the boycott 381 days later. Over the four decades since, Gray has won scores of civil rights cases in education, voting rights, transportation, health, and other areas.

Frank M. Johnson Jr. Frank M. Johnson Jr., a federal judge played a crucial role in shaping civil rights law in America and applying it in Alabama. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. once called him “the man who gave true meaning to the word justice.” Johnson’s legal decisions desegregated schools in Alabama including Auburn University in 1963, busing in Montgomery, eliminated the state poll tax, allowed blacks to serve on juries, and authorized the 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. Many other rulings also had far-reaching consequences toward achieving civil rights for blacks, inmates, and the mentally ill.

Integration is an important milestone in the university’s history.

This historic moment shaped the path that made a quality college

education accessible to more people, and in doing so, made the

Auburn Family experience richer for everyone.

Harold Franklin On January 4, 1964, at 2:20 p.m., Franklin, an aspiring history professor from Charleston, S.C., arrived at the library at Auburn University to register for classes in the graduate school. Franklin became the first African-American student at Auburn University. He was admitted under heavy guard and was kept isolated from other students in campus housing. Although obstacles of the era prevented Franklin from completing his degree at Auburn, he went on to earn a master’s degree in history at the University of Denver, and later pursued a career in higher education at Talladega College and several other institutions.

In 2001, Harold Franklin was awarded an honorary doctorate of arts from Auburn University. He is currently a resident of Sylacauga, Ala.

A Division of the Cary Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy and Nonprofit StudiesThe Women’s Philanthropy Board acknowledges with gratitude

the multitude of donors and these corporate partners who have graciously made commitments to support 2013-14 initiatives.

M O N T G O M E R Y , A L

M a r y W y n n e E s t e sB i r m i n g h a m , A L

is honored to host Auburn University’s kick-off event

Sustaining Legacies: Advancing Philanthropy

Dubberly, Dean & Associates4001 Carmichael Road, Suite 400Montgomery, AL 36106334-260-3907

For more information, please contact: College of Human Sciences’ Women’s Philanthropy Board

210 Spidle Hall • Auburn, AL 36849 • Phone: (334) 844-9156 • E-mail: [email protected] • www.humsci.auburn.edu/wpbAuburn University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. 8/2013 rev.

Reservations and ticket purchase required for luncheon

(334) 844-9156E-mail: [email protected]

To make reservations for the luncheon, please complete the enclosed card and

return to the WPB Office at 210 Spidle Hall

Auburn, AL 36849 or visit

www.humsci.auburn.edu/wpbto purchase tickets online.

Reservations are confirmed when payment is received and are issued on a

first come, first served basis.

9:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

WPB Business and Professions Expo

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Colloquia: “Sustaining Legacies: Advancing Philanthropy”Featuring Marybeth GasmanFree admission - open to the public

11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Book Signing: Thom Gossom, Walk-On: My Reluctant Journey to Integration at Auburn University and Marybeth Gasman, Booker T. Washington Rediscovered

NooN – 2:00 p.m.

WPB Fall Luncheon Featuring Thom Gossom and joyce gillie gossom “Once Upon a Time…”Ticket purchase required

Gold Table – $800• 10 tickets to Luncheon

• 2013 WPB Fall Luncheon printed program recognition

• Reserved Gold-Level table for 10 with recognition on table card

Platinum Table – $1,000• 10 tickets to Luncheon


• Reserved Platinum-Level table for 10 with recognition on table card

• Logo recognition in Ballroom

• Social media recognition

• 10 tickets to Luncheon


• Reserved Diamond-Level table for 10 with recognition on table card

• Podium recognition during night before networking event

• Logo recognition in Ballroom

• Social media recognition

• Diamond Sponsor Recognition from the podium during the 2013 WPB Fall Luncheon

The WPB invites Auburn University students to affiliate

with the organization as WPB Mentees. Please consider

sponsoring a WPB Mentee to attend the luncheon by

purchasing an additional open-seating ticket or by providing

one or more tickets through the purchase of a Gold, Platinum,

or Diamond table. The WPB Office will identify a WPB Mentee

and provide contact information to the sponsor and mentee.

Diamond Table – $1,200

Student Sponsorships

Luncheon Ticket Prices WPB Corporate Partners

• 1 ticket to Luncheon (open seating)

Individual Ticket – $65Schedule of Events

2013 WPB Fall Colloquia, Expo, and Luncheon Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of

Integration at Auburn University

2013 Fall Colloquia, Expo, and Luncheon

featuring

Thom Gossom Jr. ’75 and joyce gillie gossom, EdDLuncheon Keynote Speakers

Marybeth Gasman, PhDColloquia Lecturer

Friday, October 4, 2013The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center

RSVP

The Auburn University College of Human Sciences’ Women’s Philanthropy Board was organized in Spring 2002. Historically, women have always been philanthropic in giving of their time and talents. Today, women are building on this traditional humanitarian role with a heightened capacity for independent financial giving as they acquire wealth, assume positions of leadership, and combine their legacy of service to others.

As women actively seek to fulfill their philanthropic potential, a new model of giving is emerging that builds on their tradition of service, current leadership roles, and capacity for financial giving. In the 21st century, it will be women who will play a significant role in shaping the future of the world in which we want to live.

Today, WPB serves as the flagship program in the Cary Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, an academic center in the College of Human Sciences. The Women’s Philanthropy Board’s vision is to promote

philanthropy as a means of enabling the College of Human Sciences at Auburn University to enhance human well-being and improve the quality of life worldwide.

Through its mission, WPB is committed to inspiring, educating, and enabling individuals to:

• Develop their full leadership potential

• Achieve independence as financial donors and decision-makers

• Serve as mentors for future generations of philanthropists

• Broaden the base of financial support for the College of Human Sciences

About the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Integration at Auburn University Thom Gossom Jr. ’75

About the Kick-Off EventPhilanthropy, by definition, is the love of humankind and is manifested as a voluntary act or a gift given for the common good. Throughout the course of history, philanthropic acts have served as a stimulus for change to address societal needs and improve quality of life. During the Civil Rights movement, philanthropy served as an important catalyst and an undergirding force in the integration of institutions of higher education. Without philanthropy at its core, the comprehensive integration of colleges and universities would not have occurred.

In October 2013, the College of Human Sciences’ Women’s Philanthropy Board (WPB), the flagship division of the Cary Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, in partnership with Auburn University, will join forces to kick off the university’s yearlong Commemoration of 50 Years of Integration at Auburn University.

About the

Throughout the 2013-14 academic year, Auburn University will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its integration with a series of programs, lectures, and performances designed to educate and inspire students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other constituents. Events will recognize Auburn’s first African-American student, Harold A. Franklin, as well as the impact of other pioneering black faculty, staff, and graduate and undergraduate students who have since helped make the university more inclusive.

Integration is an important milestone in the university’s history. This historic moment shaped the path that allowed a quality college education to be accessible to more people and, in doing so, made the Auburn Family experience richer for everyone.

For more information about Auburn University’s commemoration events, please visit the website at wp.auburn.edu/diversity or the “Fifty Years Diversity” Facebook page at www.facebook.com/fiftyyearsdiversity2013; or email [email protected].

Born in Chicago, joyce gillie gossom has spent her life going against the grain. At the age of 16, she felt so inspired by the poetry of e.e. cummings that joyce’s mother let her legally change her name to all lower case letters, which has frequently been met with resistance.

Inspired by a small number of known and mostly unknown history makers, joyce strives to achieve, not by living up to the expectations of others, but by setting her own standards. “The one who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd; those who walk alone are likely to find themselves in places no one has ever been before” is a good description for the woman who is “not a joiner.”

With more than 30 years of professional experience in business and academics, joyce discovered her passion and purpose as a child. She learned that we must create environments where people want to live, work, and play – by making a difference. Currently, joyce is trying to make her difference serving as executive director for a higher education professional association and as a Fort Walton Beach City Council member.

Thom Gossom Jr. is an actor, author, and communications consultant. He received his bachelor of arts in communication from Auburn University, where he was the first black athlete to graduate. A walk-on, Gossom defied the odds, earned a scholarship, and became a three-year starter. He is featured in the HBO special, Breaking the Huddle, about the integration of southern college football.

Gossom furthered his education with a master of arts in communication from The University of Montevallo. He began his communications career at BellSouth in the office of Public Relations, before striking out on his own with Best Gurl inc., a public relations and marketing firm.

As an actor, Gossom starred as the title character, Israel, in the N YPD Blue Emmy-winning episode, “Lost Israel,” and in the recurring roles of City Councilman Ted Marcus on In The Heat Of The Night, and Judge Blake Winters in Boston Legal. Film credits include, Fight Club, Jeepers Creepers 2, and Miss Evers’ Boys.

Gossom’s writing credits include his published memoir, Walk-On: My Reluctant Journey to Integration at Auburn University, (State Street Press, 2008). Gossom’s new work is A Slice Of Life, a collection of “life stories.”

The Cary Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies

Provost Leadership Undergraduate Scholarship (PLUS) Program

The PLUS program has been instituted to

increase diversity among the undergraduate

student population at Auburn University. The

PLUS program assists participants financially

by providing them a $2,000 scholarship per

academic year, renewable up to 3 years, and

supports them academically and socially

to ensure that they succeed at Auburn

University. The program has been developed

to complement goals of the Auburn University

Strategic Diversity Plan.

From 11:00-11:45 a.m.,

Thom Gossom will be

autographing copies

of his memoir Walk-

On: My Reluctant

Journey to Integration

at Auburn University.

Mr. Gossom has

generously agreed to donate proceeds from

the sale of his book this day to the Auburn

University PLUS Scholarship Program.

Walk-On: My Reluctant Journey to Integration at Auburn University By Thom GossomMarybeth Gasman is a professor of

higher education in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. She holds secondary appointments in history, Africana Studies, and the School of Social Policy and Practice. Gasman also serves as the director of the Center on Minority Serving Institutions at Penn.

Gasman’s areas of expertise include the history of American higher education, historically black colleges and universities, minority serving institutions, African-American leadership, and fundraising and philanthropy.

She has written or edited 15 books, including Understanding Minority Serving Institutions, Envisioning Black Colleges, Uplifting a People, Booker T. Washington Rediscovered, Race and Gender in Nonprofit Leadership, The Morehouse Mystique, A Guide to Fundraising at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and The Essential Guide to Fundraising from Diverse College Alumni. Eight of Gasman’s books have won research awards.

Gasman’s articles have been published in the American Education Research Journal, Educational Researcher, Teachers College Record, The Journal of Higher Education, The Journal of Negro Education, Research in Higher Education, and the Journal of College Student Development, among others.

She is a regular contributor to The Chronicle of Higher Education, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, and Academe.

Gasman is the co-principal investigator on two major grant-funded research projects related to minority serving institutions (MSIs). One project (with Clif Conrad) is focused on student success at MSIs and funded by Lumina Foundation, Kresge Foundation, and USA Funds ($2 million). The other project (with Yvonne Patterson) is focused on increasing faculty of color at MSIs in the sciences and is sponsored by NIH ($4.6 million).

Her research has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, USNEWS, CNN, and on National Public Radio.

Marybeth Gasman, PhDjoyce gillie gossom, EdD

Harold A. FranklinJanuary, 1964

Sustaining Legacies: Advancing Philanthropy

A Division of the Cary Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies

is honored to host Auburn University’s kick-off event

2013 Fall Colloquia, Expo, and Luncheon

featuring

Thom Gossom Jr. ’75 and joyce gillie gossom, EdDLuncheon Keynote Speakers, Noon - 2:00 p.m.

Marybeth Gasman, PhDColloquia Lecturer, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Friday, October 4, 2013The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center

Open Seating Tickets $65 per personReserved tables of 10 are available for $800, $1,000 and $1,200

© Aug. 2013. Auburn University Office of Communications and Marketing. Auburn University is an equal opportunity educational institution/employer.

M O N T G O M E R Y , A L

M a r y W y n n e E s t e sB i r m i n g h a m , A L

Dubberly, Dean & Associates4001 Carmichael Road, Suite 400Montgomery, AL 36106334-260-3907

W P B C O R P O R AT E PA RT N E R S A N D G R A N T O R S

Reservations Required: To make reservations for the luncheon or for student sponsorship information, please contact the WPB Office at 334-844-9156, email: [email protected], or visit www.humsci.auburn.edu/wpb to purchase tickets online. Reservations are confirmed when payment is received and are issued on a first come, first served basis.

joyce gillie gossom, EdD

Marybeth Gasman, PhD

Thom Gossom Jr. ’75

2013 WPB Fall Colloquia, Expo, and Luncheon Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of Integration at Auburn University

Once completed, please mail this card to: AU Women’s Philanthropy Board, 210 Spidle Hall, Auburn, AL 36849To make reservations online visit: www.humsci.auburn.edu/wpb • Phone: 334-844-9156

Important: Reservations are not confirmed until payment is received.Please make checks payable to: AU/WPB. Tickets are issued on a first come, first served basis and will be mailed by September 27, 2013. Tickets include luncheon and all applicable taxes.Auburn University is an equal opportunity educational institution/employer.

Individual ticket(s) to Luncheon (open seating) @ $65 each

Student sponsorship(s) in open seating @ $65 each

Gold Table Reservation - 10 Tickets to Luncheon @ $800

I would like to provide for student sponsorship(s) ticket(s) to be included in my table of 10.

Platinum Table Reservation - 10 Tickets to Luncheon @ $1,000


Diamond Table Reservation - 10 Tickets to Luncheon @ $1,200


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Auburn University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Produced by the Office of Communications and Marketing August 2013.

Auburn UniversityOffice of Development

317 South College StreetAuburn, AL 36849

Email: [email protected]

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About the Commemoration Call for SponsorsThroughout the 2013 -14 academic year, Auburn University will celebrate

the 50th anniversary of its integration with a series of programs, lectures,

and performances designed to educate and inspire students, faculty,

staff, and alumni. Events will recognize Auburn’s first African-American

student, Harold A. Franklin, as well as the impact of other pioneering

black faculty, staff, and graduate and undergraduate students who have

since helped make the university more inclusive.

Integration is an important

milestone in the university’s history.

This historic moment shaped the path that

made a quality college education accessible

to more people, and in doing so, made the

Auburn Family experience richer for everyone.

For more information about Auburn University’s commemoration events,

please visit wp.auburn.edu/diversity or the “Fifty Years Diversity”

Facebook page at www.facebook.com/fiftyyearsdiversity2013

Auburn University is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the enrollment of the first African-American at the university. This yearlong celebration is dedicated to discussion, lectures, performances, networking, and recognizing this milestone. Learn more online at wp.auburn.edu/diversity.

Individuals, corporations and community groups are invited to support Commemorating 50 Years of Integration at Auburn University events through sponsorship packages ranging from $500 to $5,000. Sponsor package benefits include recognition at the event and in related advertising and promotional materials.

We invite you or your organization to consider becoming a sponsor for Commemorating 50 Years of Integration at Auburn University.

To confirm your sponsorship, please complete and return the attached Commemoration Sponsorship Confirmation Form.

If you have questions about specific commemoration events or programs, please call Paulette Patterson Dilworth at 334-844-5042 or email [email protected].

Sponsorship Levels

Event Sponsor - $5,000• Recognition as event sponsor throughout the entire yearlong commemoration

• Recognition during the commemoration’s opening and closing events

• Logo on sponsor signage displayed at all commemoration events

Platinum Sponsor - $2,500• Recognition during three commemoration events

• Recognition as Platinum Sponsor in all promotional material

• Logo on sponsor signage displayed at three events

Gold Sponsor - $1,500• Recognition during two commemoration events

• Recognition as Gold Sponsor in all promotional material

• Logo on sponsor signage displayed at two events

Silver Sponsor - $1,000• Recognition at one commemoration event

• Recognition as Silver Sponsor in all promotional material

Bronze Sponsor - $500• Recognition as Bronze Sponsor in all promotional material

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2013 - 14 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

About the Commemoration

Throughout the 2013 -14 academic year, Auburn University will

commemorate the 50th anniversary of its integration with a series of

programs, lectures, and performances designed to educate and inspire

students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Events will recognize Auburn’s first

African-American student, Harold A. Franklin, as well as the impact of other

pioneering black faculty, staff, and graduate and undergraduate students who

have since helped make the university more inclusive.

Integration is an important milestone in the university’s

history. This historic moment shaped the path that

made a quality college education accessible to more

people, and in doing so, made the Auburn Family

experience richer for everyone.

Auburn University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Produced by the Office of Communications and Marketing, September 2013.

Office of Diversity and Multicultural AffairsAccess and Community Initiatives

314 Mary Martin HallAuburn, AL 36849

Email: [email protected]

August 201323-24 Friday - Saturday, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm “Education and Democracy: Commemorating the 50th

Anniversary of Integration of Tuskegee High School” Tuskegee Human & Civil Rights Multicultural Center,

104 South Elm Street, Tuskegee, AL 36083 Co-sponsored by Tuskegee Human & Civil Rights

Multicultural Center, and Auburn University’s College of Liberal Arts, Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for Arts & Humanities and Access & Community Initiatives

28 Wednesday, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington and

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s I Have A Dream Speech Multicultural Center Open House - Join the

Multicultural Center as we kick off the new academic year. Multicultural Center, 1330 Student Center

www.auburn.edu/mcc

September 2013 11 Wednesday, 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm The Janet and John Stone Lectureship for

Multicultural Understanding, Equality, and Justice at Auburn University

“Dealing with Diversity by Celebrating Differences” Richard Penaskovic, Professor of Religious Studies Special Collections & Archives, Draughon Library SponsoredbytheOfficeofDiversityand

Multicultural Affairs

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Multicultural Center Watch and Learn Series: “42”

“42,” is a 2013 American biographical sports film about the life of baseball player Jackie Robinson, who wore jersey number 42. The film stars Chadwick Boseman as Robinson, and Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey.

Auburn University Student Center, Room 2107

17 Tuesday, 3:00 pm Constitution Day Lecture “The Constitution & Conventional Wisdom: It May

Not Be What You Think It Is” Todd Campbell, U.S. Federal Judge Auburn University Student Center, Room 2222 - 2233 Sponsored by the Department of History

18 Wednesday, 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Multicultural Center Lunch and Learn Series Ricardo Nazario y Colón, a poet and diversity educator

who highlights the intersections of communities and folkways that from a distance have very little in common.


19 Thursday, 3:30 pm – 4:15 pm Africana Studies Affiliate Lecture Series “Who is Best Prepared to Support African American

Students in Higher Education” Dr. Shakeer Abdullah Special Collections & Archives, Draughon Library

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Auburn Connects! The Common Book Program John Bowe, author of Nobodies: Modern American

Slave Labor and the Dark Side of New Global Economy Foy Ballroom

23 Monday, 3:30 pm “Mass Incarceration and the Unmaking of

Postwar America” Heather Thompson, Associate Professor of History,

Temple University Special Collections & Archives, Draughon Library Sponsored by the Department of History, Auburn

University Libraries, Auburn Connects! Common Book Program, and the Prison Arts and Education Project

October 2013 1 Tuesday, 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Anthony Lee and Willie Wyatt Lecture

Lee and Wyatt were instrumental in desegregating Macon County schools in 1963-64 and both came to Auburn University that fall as undergraduates. Wyatt stayed one year and transferred to Tuskegee University, but Lee completed his undergraduate degree in history.

Auburn University Student Center, Room 2222 Sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts

Friday, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Launch of Commemorating

50 Years of Integration at Auburn University

2013 Women’s Philanthropy Board Fall Colloquia, Expo, and Luncheon

10:00 am – 11:00 am Colloquia (Open to public) Speaker: Marybeth Gasman “African-American Philanthropy in Higher Education”

Noon – 2:00 pm Luncheon (Registration required) Speakers: joyce gillie gossom and Thom Gossom “Once Upon A Time”

The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center wp.auburn.edu/diversity

9 Wednesday, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Multicultural Center Watch and Learn Series: “Our

Spirits Don’t Speak English: Indian Boarding School” Our Spirits Don’t Speak English: Indian Boarding School, is a Native American perspective on Indian boarding schools. This DVD produced by Rich-Heape Films, Inc. uncovers the dark history of government policy which took Indian children from their homes, forced them into boarding schools and enacted a policy of educating them in the ways of Western society.


15 Tuesday, 11:00 am ”Why History Matters” Lecture

Presented by David McCullough Auburn Arena SponsoredbytheOfficeofUndergraduateStudies,

OfficeoftheProvost,MerchantCapital,LLCand Littleton-Franklin Lectures

18 Friday, 5:00 pm “A Tribute to Anne Rivers Siddons”

Auburn Writers Conference The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center

23 Wednesday, 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Multicultural Center Lunch and Learn Series:

“Supporting Native American Students in Higher Education and the Evolution of the American Indian Experience in Higher Education”

Amy Locklear Hertel, Director of the American Indian Center at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill


31-2 Thursday, October 31 - Saturday, November 2 23rd Annual Association for Black Culture Centers’

Annual Conference “Culture Centers in the Academy: From Civil Rights to Inclusive Excellence”

The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center www.auburn.edu/abcc

31-1 Thursday, October 31 - Friday, November 1 Annual ALAHEDO (Alabama Association of Higher

Education Diversity Officers) Conference and Business Meeting

The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center www.alahedo.org

November 2013 1 Friday, 9:00 am – 11:00 pm 23rd Annual Association for Black Culture Centers’

Conference “Culture Centers in the Academy: From Civil Rights to Inclusive Excellence”

Ivory Toldson, 9:00 am Haki Madhabuti, 6:00 pm The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center

www.auburn.edu/abcc

2 Saturday, 9:00 am – 11:00 pm 23rd Annual Association for Black Culture Centers’

Conference “Culture Centers in the Academy: From Civil Rights to Inclusive Excellence”

Barbara Ransby, 12:00 pm Charlayne Hunter-Gault, 7:00 pm (Open to public)

The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center www.auburn.edu/abcc

13 Wednesday, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Multicultural Center Watch and Learn Series

Brother Outsider Brother Outsider relies on archival film footage and

interviews to offer an incisive portrait of political activist Bayard Rustin. Although his name lacks the familiarity of other major Civil Rights leaders, the film shows that he nonetheless played a central role in the movement’s seminal events during the 1950s and ‘60s.


20 Wednesday, 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Multicultural Center Lunch and Learn Series Danny Hoey, author of The Butterfly Lady Set against the backdrop of a city recovering from one

of the worst race riots in history, TheButterflyLady is a novel filled with pain encased in the blues. This stunning first novel wrestles with the horrors of love and the consequences of being black, gay, and male.


December 2013 9-13 Monday - Friday, 6:45 am – 6:45 pm Multicultural Center Final Study Tables Multicultural Center, 1330 Student Center

January 2014 17 Friday, 10:00 am - Noon Auburn Serves Volunteer Fair Auburn University Student Center, 2nd Floor Atrium For additional information, contact Joyce Thomas-Vinson

at 334-844-5117

19-25 Sunday - Saturday King Week at Auburn University www.auburn.edu/aukingweek

20 Monday, 7:30 am Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual

Scholarship Breakfast Isaiah Hugley, City Manager, Columbus, Ga.

Consolidated Government The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center

Monday A Day On and Not A Day Off

Community-wide Day of Community Service Pre-registration required at 334-844-5042.

21 Tuesday, 9:30 am – 11:30 am A Dialogue on Race, Ethnicity, and Integration Forum Harold A. Franklin, Judge U.W. Clemons & Fred Gray The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center

Auditorium SponsoredbytheOfficesofDiversity&MulticulturalAffairs

and University Outreach

Tuesday, 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Commemorating 50 Years of Integration

Recognition Luncheon The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center

Ballroom SponsoredbytheOfficesofAlumniAffairs,Diversity&

Multicultural Affairs, and University Outreach

22 Wednesday, 3:00 pm Commemoration Lecture Series “Segregation, Desegregation & the Vestiges of

Segregation at Auburn University” Dwayne Cox, Head of Special Collections & Archives Special Collections & Archives, Draughon Library

23 Thursday, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Voices of Freedom

Interfaith Service The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center

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24 Friday, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Multicultural Center Watch and Learn Series

“Imitation of Life” This is a poignant melodrama about a single mother

who hires a black woman to care for her child. The film subverts Hollywood conventions to create a bitter critique of American racism and capitalism.

Auburn University Student Center

February 2014 6 Thursday, 5:00 pm Multicultural Center Watch and Learn Series

Screening of Slavery by Another Name Slavery by Another Name is a 90-minute documentary that

challenges one of America’s most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality.

Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art Auditorium

12 Wednesday, 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Multicultural Center Lunch and Learn Series

50 Years and Beyond - Panel Discussion Auburn University Student Center, Room 2222

Wednesday, 3:00 pm Commemoration Lecture Series “Auburn University’s Search for ‘Human Touch’ in

Race Relations: Harold Franklin, Civil Rights & Dismantling of Segregation”

Professor Emeritus Wayne Flint Special Collections & Archives, Draughon Library

15 Saturday Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art Exhibit Opening “Claiming Citizenship: African Americans and New

Deal Photography” The New Deal-era photographs in Claiming Citizenship

illustrate a number of ways that African Americans took opportunities opened up by the New Deal to claim their status as citizens, in some ways laying foundations for the Civil Rights Movement.

*Exhibit to run through March 22, 2014. Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art

18 Tuesday, 4:00 pm Extraordinary Women Lecture: Gloria Steinem

The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center Auditorium

19 Wednesday, 11:45 am Extraordinary Women Luncheon: Gloria Steinem

Auburn University Student Center Ballroom

Wednesday, 7:00 pm The Langston Hughes Project The Langston Hughes Project is a multimedia concert

performance of Langston Hughes’ kaleidoscopic jazz poem suite. Jazz was a cosmopolitan metaphor for Langston Hughes, a force for cultural convergence beyond the reach of words, or the limits of any one language.

Ronald McCurdy & Malcolm Jamal- Warner Foy Ballroom

March 2014 19 Wednesday, 11:45 am – 1:00 pm “Hands on the Freedom Plow: 52 Accounts of

Women in SNCC” Doris Derby Auburn University Student Center, Room 2222

22 Saturday Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art Exhibit Closing Claiming Citizenship: African Americans and

New Deal Photography Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art

26 Wednesday, 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Multicultural Center Watch and Learn Series Ella Baker’s Roots: “Give People Light and They

Will Find a Way” Ella Baker was more than 30 years older than virtually

everyone participating in SNCC’s founding conference in 1960, yet her presence energized the youthful crowd. Rev. William Barber discusses his campaign to formalize Ella Baker’s legacy in North Carolina by commemorating her birthday as “Ella Baker Day,” and declaring her home in Littleton, North Carolina, a historic site. The session closes with a powerful rendition of Ella Baker’s favorite song, “Guide My Feet While I Run This Race” performed by Bernice Johnson Reagon of Sweet Honey in the Rock.


26-28 Wednesday - Friday Gulf-South Summit on Service Learning and

Civic Engagement “Creating Capacity Collaboratively: Connecting

Learning and Civic Outcomes” Featured Keynote Speaker: Carolyn Maull McKinstry

www.carolynmckinstry.com The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center

April 20149 Wednesday, 11:45 am – 1:00 pm

Multicultural Center Lunch and Learn Series “Fast and Furious: Asian Americans and

Popular Culture” Oliver Wang


17 Thursday, 5:00 pm Screening of The Loving Story A racially charged criminal trial and a heart-rending love

story converge in this documentary about Richard and Mildred Loving, set during the turbulent Civil Rights era.

Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art

28-2 Monday, April 28 - Friday, May 2; 6:45 am – 6:45 pm Multicultural Center Final Study Tables Multicultural Center, 1330 Student Center

2013 - 14 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

For more information about Auburn University’s commemoration events, please visit wp.auburn.edu/diversity or the “Fifty Years Diversity” Facebook page at www.facebook.com/fiftyyearsdiversity 2013

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