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Beyond the Headlines: Exploring Race and Newspaper Coverage in the Gainesville Sun from Reconstruction to the Present
January 14, 2023 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Please join the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center on January 14, 4:30 pm for the inaugural event in the 2023 Challenging Racism public program series. Staff and students at the Gainesville Sun and the Proctor Program have embarked upon a partnership to explore the history of the Sun’s coverage of race relations from Reconstruction to the present in Gainesville. A panel of student and newspaper researchers will discuss their findings at the event. Light refreshments will be served.
As part of the event, members of the Alachua County Community Remembrance Project will also showcase special artifacts including homemade quilts created by community members.
Zoom watch online: https://bit.ly/3HDa6TM
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Sponsors: Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, Bob Graham Center for Public Service, Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center, African American Studies, Black Student Union, George A. Smathers libraries, The Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center, Inc. Lincoln High School Alumni Association, Office of the Chief Diversity Officer, UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute, UF Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., All Y’all Social Justice Collective, Putnam Alliance for Equity and Justice, Engage Florida.