Brenda Travis and John Obee: Mississippi’s Exiled Daughter: How My Civil Rights Baptism Under Fire Shaped My Life

When:

September 27, 2018 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

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2018-09-27T20:30:00-04:00

Where:

AADL Multipurpose Room
343 S 5th Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
USA

Civil rights activists Brenda Travis and John Obee discuss their new book about Travis’ arrests in 1961 at age 16 for participating in a sit-in at a bus station and leading a walkout from her high school. She was released from jail the 2nd time on the condition that she leave Mississippi.
7-8:30 p.m., AADL Downtown multipurpose rm. Free. 327-4200.