POLITICAL ACTIVIST ANGELA DAVIS
WAS ON E-C-U'S CAMPUS TONIGHT.
DAVIS WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
FOR
THE LENDONIA WRIGHT CULTURAL
CENTER'S
40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. IN
HER OPENING REMARKS SHE
MENTIONED THE RECENT BAND
PROTESTS AND
TOLD MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE
"YOU ARE NOT
ALONE."
IN THE 1970S DAVIS WAS ON THE
F-B-I'S MOST WANTED LIST AND WAS
THEN CHARGED WITH THREE CAPITAL
CRIMES. SHE WAS EVENTUALLY
AQUITTED IN A FEDERAL
TRIAL.
ORGANIZERS HOPE PEOPLE LEAVE
TONIGHT'S PROGRAM FEELING
INSPIRED.
"BE MORE EDUCATED ABOUT SOME OF
THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON,
MAYBE OPEN THEIR EYES TO SOME
THINGS, I SEEN
A PRETTY DIVERSE CROWD, OF
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE SO
HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE REACHING NOT
ONLY JUST CROWD OF
AFRICAN AMERICANS BUT PEOPLE
FROM DIFFERENT
CULTURES AS WELL."
A NUMBER OF PEOPLE RECEIVED
AWAREDS AT
TONIGHT'S PROGRAM INCLUDING
E-C-U'S VICE CHANCELLOR DR.
VIRINGIA HARDY.
