“A Disgrace to the White Race”
Bruce Klunder, White Clergy, and the Civil Rights Movement in Cleveland, Ohio
Dr. Carolyn Dupont (Eastern Kentucky University)
Schar College of Education, Ronk Lecture Hall (Room 138)
February 13, 10:50-12:05
Historian Carolyn Dupont, author of Mississippi Praying: Southern White Evangelicals and the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1975, presents her fascinating research into the involvement of white churches in the civil rights movement in Cleveland. This story, by turn tragic and inspiring, is a forgotten part of Ohio's history.
This public lecture is offered in conjunction with Dr. Peter Slade's course REL340 Religion and the Civil Rights Movement and is made possible by a teaching and learning mini-grant awarded by Ashland University's Professional Development Committee
Historian Carolyn Dupont, author of Mississippi Praying: Southern White Evangelicals and the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1975, presents her fascinating research into the involvement of white churches in the civil rights movement in Cleveland. This story, by turn tragic and inspiring, is a forgotten part of Ohio's history.
This public lecture is offered in conjunction with Dr. Peter Slade's course REL340 Religion and the Civil Rights Movement and is made possible by a teaching and learning mini-grant awarded by Ashland University's Professional Development Committee