JUDY RICHARDSON TO SPEAK AT CONVOCATION
posted 1/29/07

ADRIAN, Mich. — Judy Richardson will speak on Feb. 7 at 12:15 in Dawson Auditorium, as part of the Convocation speaker series.

Judy Richardson is a film producer and activist. She was a staff member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the early 1960's. She worked on SNCC projects throughout the South, first in SNCC's national office in Atlanta, and then in Mississippi, Alabama and southwest Georgia.

Richardson has an important message about the history and values of the Civil Rights Movement and their relevance to the struggles of today. She describes the hardships faced by people who were willing to risk job and home and even life to win the “prize” of justice, self-respect and fair treatment. Her telling of the past supports the continuing struggle for racial equality and harmony.

Ms. Richardson lectures nationally about the civil rights movement and her films. She has appeared on "Nightline" (ABC-TV), "Nightwatch" (CBS-TV), and various other news shows in opposition to the image of the African American community and the civil rights movement portrayed in the film “Mississippi Burning.”

Richardson’s speech is described as an absolute must for a contemporary understanding of racism in America.

Convocation is free and open to the public. Dawson Auditorium is located off Charles Street.