April 2015
Standing Witness
Standing Witness commemorates the 150TH anniversary of the ending of the American Civil War, abolition of slavery and assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The weekend events begin with a symposium in the new Student Union Theater at San Jose State University. The program traces advances and struggles in civil rights and civil liberties of Californian pioneers of color from Emancipation to the turn of the 20th century, from San Francisco Bay to San Jose. The Standing Witness Symposium will include…
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