National Youth Summit: The 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides

National Youth Summit: The 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides

Live Webcast for middle and high school students
Wednesday, February 9, 12:00-1:15PM EST
Free registration is required.

Join the Smithsonian Institution and the National Endowment for the Humanities on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 for a National Youth Summit on the Freedom Rides and activism. Freedom Rides veterans Congressman John Lewis, D-GA, Diane Nash, Jim Zwerg, and Reverend James Lawson will share how they became involved in the Freedom Rides and how their lives were affected by them. They will join filmmaker Stanley Nelson (Freedom Riders) and scholar Raymond Arsenault to discuss the meaning of the Freedom Rides and the role of young people in shaping America’s past and future.

Students will be encouraged to participate in the discussion through email (nmahweb@si.edu), Facebook, Twitter, and the conference portal, and will be asked to think about themselves as makers of history.

Registration is free, and will include access to preparatory classroom materials, film clips, follow-up materials, and technical assistance. Register today at http://smithsonianconference.org/freedomrides/!

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