NCCU
LYCEUM SERIES PRESENTS:
LECTURE
WITH DR. WALTER E. FAUNTROY
Dr. Walter Fauntroy
DURHAM, N.C. - North
Carolina Central University's Lyceum Series will host a lecture with Reverend
Walter E. Fauntroy, noted civil rights leaders, on Friday, January 30, 2004
at 2 p.m. in the School of Education Auditorium. He will discuss "Spiritual,
Economic and Political Empowerment."
"We are very excited to bring a legend like Dr. Fauntroy to campus to share his experiences with our students and the community," said Dr. Timothy Holley, Lyceum chair. " He
employed the principles of nonviolent civil disobedience to fight racial
discrimination and poverty in the United States and human rights abuses in
South Africa. We extend special thanks to the Durham Committee on the Affairs
of Black People for making this visit possible."
In 1961, Fauntroy was appointed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as director of the Washington Bureau of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He then worked as the Washington, D.C. coordinator of the historic 1963 March on Washington and directed the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March, the 1966 Meridith Mississippi Freedom March, and the1983 20th Anniversary March on Washington. In 1966, Fauntroy founded and served as the president of the Model Inner City Community Organization, a group committed to community and neighborhood development.
In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Fauntroy vice chairman of
the White House's "To Fulfill These Rights" Conference. He was also one
of the founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the Office of Public Relations at (919) 530-6295.
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