Charles McDew, a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and its chairman from 1961 to 1964, will deliver the keynote lecture Monday, Jan. 19, for Vanderbilt University’s 2009 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Series. The event is free and open to the public.
McDew’s talk, “Votes, Voices and Victory: How far have we come?,” is part of a celebration of King’s legacy that will be held at 6 p.m. in Benton Chapel located at the university’s Divinity School. The event includes a candlelight vigil and student performances by Vanderbilt’s Jeremiah Generation Praise Team and VU Spoken Word, as well as, a performance by Nashville a capella group Nu Image. A reception will precede the event at 5 p.m. in Benton Chapel.
WHAT: Charles McDew, a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC) and its chairman from 1961 to 1964, will deliver the keynote lecture, titled “Votes, Voices and Victory: How far have we come?” for Vanderbilt University’s 2009 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Series. The event is free and open to the public.
WHERE: Benton Chapel at Vanderbilt’s Divinity School, located off of 21st Avenue South.
WHEN: Monday, Jan. 19, at 6 p.m. A reception will precede the event at 5 p.m. in Benton Chapel.
Media Contact: Princine Lewis, (615) 322-NEWS
princine.lewis@vanderbilt.edu