Dallas Civil Rights Museum Launches the Dr. Jerry B. Chambers Lecture Series

City of Dallas sent this bulletin at 06/02/2015 11:36 AM CDT

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Monday, June 1, 2015                                                        MLK Community Center, (214) 670-8418

 

Dallas Civil Rights Museum Launches the Dr. Jerry B. Chambers Lecture Series

 

What:          The Dallas Civil Rights Museum housed at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center                                 has launched its new Dr. Jerry B. Chambers Lecture series, named after the former MLK                               Advisory Board member who passed away in April 2015. Dr. Jerry B. Chambers was a long-                         time educator and Civil Rights activist with a passion for teaching students about Black                                   history.

                     The first speaker in the lecture series is Cheryl Brown Wattley, author of A Step Toward                                  Brown v. Board of Education: Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher and Her Fight to End Segregation.                              Wattley is the Professor and Director of Experiential Education at UNT Dallas College of                              Law.  She has also served as Professor and Director of Clinical Education at Oklahoma                                University College of Law in Norman, OK. Prior to teaching, Wattley practiced law for 28                                years, receiving numerous awards including the Dallas Bar Association’s Dr. Martin Luther                            King, Jr. Award in 1994. Wattley's book was published in October 2014.

                        When:        Thursday, June 18, 2015 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Where:        The Lecture Series will be held in the front lobby of Building A at the Martin Luther King, Jr.                             Community Center, located at 2922 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75215.

Who:            This event is free and open to the public. All media outlets are invited.

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