Media Contacts B.J. Davis, 919-807-7996 Susan Lamb, 919-807-7943 Students Connect Legacy of Voting Rights with Modern Civic Engagement N.C. Museum of History Joins Smithsonian National Youth Summit on Freedom Summer On Wednesday, Feb. 5, the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh, along with 10 other Smithsonian Affiliate museums across the United States, will participate in a virtual National Youth Summit on Freedom Summer, an online outreach program organized by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Coinciding with Digital Learning Day, the online event will link middle- and high-school students across the country in an engaging program centered on the history and legacy of the 1964 youth-led effort for voting rights and education known as Freedom Summer. Civil rights activists, historians and students will participate in a panel discussion about Freedom Summer, the effort to end the political disenfranchisement and educational inequality of African Americans in the Deep South, and discuss the role of young people in shaping America’s past and future. A national webcast will be hosted from the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson, Miss., and the students will participate in the summit through an online chat. Prior to the national webcast at noon, the N.C. Museum of History will feature its own panel discussion and program about local civil rights initiatives during the 1960s. The museum discussion will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. in Daniels Auditorium. Approximately 150 juniors and seniors from Broughton High School in Raleigh will attend this special program. The students will also participate in the National Youth Summit from Jackson, Miss. Although the presentation at the N.C. Museum of History is filled to capacity, anyone can register to view the live streaming of the national webcast of the National Youth Summit in Jackson at noon by accessing and registering at americanhistory.si.edu/freedom-summer. At the N.C. Museum of History, the Broughton High School students will see a panel discussion moderated by Irving Joyner, a civil rights attorney and professor at N.C. Central University School of Law. Most recently, he was responsible for the pardon of the Wilmington 10. Joyner serves on several state study commissions and agencies and in leadership roles of community organizations. His service includes a five-year term as the vice-chairperson of the 1898 Wilmington Race Riot Commission. He is also a legal commentator for local, state and national media. Among the four panelists is Joseph Holt Jr. of Raleigh, whose parents tried to gain his entry to Broughton High School when it was an all-white segregated school during the late 1950s. Although Holt lived near Broughton High School, he had to travel across town and attend Ligon High School, which was a segregated Negro school. Holt’s parents embarked on a court battle from 1956 to 1959 in an attempt to integrate Raleigh public schools. Other panelists on Feb. 5 will be Rev. Dr. David C. Forbes Sr., Brad Thompson Sr. and S. Cameron, all of Raleigh. The national webcast of the panel discussion at the National Youth Summit on Freedom Summer in Jackson will include the following speakers: • Dr. Robert Moses, director of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project and founder of the Algebra Project; • Dr. Marshall Ganz, civil rights activist and Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; • Dr. Michelle Deardorff, Professor and Department Head of Political Science at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; and • Hollis Watkins, Mississippi native and civil rights activist. The National Youth Summit on Freedom Summer is presented in collaboration with American Experience, which airs on PBS stations and Smithsonian Affiliations. The project is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Verizon Foundation. The National Youth Summit is designed to provide students with an opportunity to share their views and debate an issue, and the program aligns with the Common Core Standards for Speaking and Listening. The N.C. Museum of History is a Smithsonian Institution affiliate museum. For more information about the Museum of History, call 919-807-7900 or access ncmuseumofhistory.org or Facebook. About the N.C. Museum of History The museum is located at 5 E. Edenton Street, across from the State Capitol. Parking is available in the lot across Wilmington Street. Hours are Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. The Museum of History, within the Division of State History Museums, is part of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources. About the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR) is the state agency with a vision to be the leader in using the state’s cultural resources to build the social, cultural and economic future of North Carolina. Led by Secretary Susan W. Kluttz, NCDCR’s mission to enrich lives and communities creates opportunities to experience excellence in the arts, history and libraries in North Carolina that will spark creativity, stimulate learning, preserve the state’s history and promote the creative economy. NCDCR was the first state organization in the nation to include all agencies for arts and culture under one umbrella. Through arts efforts led by the N.C. Arts Council, the N.C. Symphony and the N.C. Museum of Art, NCDCR offers the opportunity for enriching arts education for young and old alike and economic stimulus engines for our state’s communities. NCDCR’s Divisions of Archives and Records, State Historic Sites, and State History Museums preserve, document and interpret North Carolina’s rich cultural heritage. NCDCR’s State Library of North Carolina is the principal library of state government and builds the capacity of all libraries in our state, developing and supporting access to traditional and online collections such as genealogy and resources for the blind and physically handicapped. NCDCR annually serves more than 19 million people through its 27 historic sites, seven history museums, two art museums, the nation’s first state-supported symphony orchestra, the State Library, the N.C. Arts Council and the State Archives of North Carolina. NCDCR champions our state’s creative industry that accounts for more than 300,000 jobs and generates nearly $18.5 billion in revenues. For more information, please call 919-807-7300 or visit ncdcr.gov. About the Smithsonian Affiliations Smithsonian Affiliations is a national outreach program that develops long-term collaborative partnerships with museums, educational, and cultural organizations to enrich communities with Smithsonian resources. More information is available at affiliations.si.edu. About the National Museum of American History Through its collections, research and public outreach, the National Museum of American History explores the infinite richness and complexity of American history. It helps people understand the past in order to make sense of the present and shape a more humane future. The museum is currently renovating its west exhibition wing, developing galleries on business, democracy and culture. For more information, visit americanhistory.si.edu. # # # Susan Friday Lamb Public Information Officer North Carolina Museum of History See two magnificent exhibitions featuring hidden treasures of Imperial Russia. Through March 5, explore The Tsars Cabinet: Two Hundred Years of Russian Decorative Arts Under the Romanovs and Windows into Heaven: Russian Icons from the Lilly and Francis Robicsek Collection of Religious Art. Admission and details at ncmuseumofhistory.org. Ph: (919) 807-7943 | Fx: (919) 733-8655 (E-mail sent to and from this address is subject to the N.C. Public Records Law and may be revealed to a third party by an authorized state official.)
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