October 11, 2018
2018-10-11T19:00:00
820 High Street
Worthington, OH 43085
Bloody Lowndes - Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt
Thursday, October 11, 2018
In the mid-1960s, the Lowndes County Freedom Organization was formed in Alabama. Dr. Hasan Jeffries, an associate professor of history at The Ohio State University, will explain how the all-black, independent political party – the original Black Panther Party – affected the black power movement. Presented in conjunction with the Freedom Riders exhibit, which will be at the library September 26-October 24.