On October 20 - 21, 2017, the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project hosted its second event in the three-part symposium "Resurrecting Their Stories" in Birmingham, Alabama.
CRRJ co-hosted alongside The Elmore Bolling Foundation and the Alabama Chapter of the NAACP. The focus of this event was upon the processes of memorialization and digitization of accounts of racial violence over the course of the 20th century. Granted the event's historic location in Birmingham, Alabama, the event also acknowledged the role of law enforcement in many acts of violence that occurred.
Panelists included Birmingham Chief of Police A. C. Roper, who issued a formal apology on behalf of Birmingham police department for its historic failure to protect African American citizens. Attendees also heard testimony from relatives of victims, including Pamela Pierce, niece of Woodrow Allen Bush. and Henry Gaskins, nephew of Timothy Hood.
In the below show-reel, visitors will find photographs from the day.
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Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
October 20 -21, 2017
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A.C. Roper issues a formal apology
on behalf of Birmingham
police department
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Members of the Elmore Bolling Foundation
Carroll Hughes, Josephine Bolling McColl, Vickie Rothbaum
Panelists
Susan Ashmore
Professor of History
Oxford College, Emory University
Kiara Boone
Deputy Program Manager
Equal Justice Initiative
Ellen Brooks
Former District Attorney
Montgomery County Office of the District Attorney
Margaret Burnham
Founder and Director
Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project
Montré Carodine
Professor of Law
University of Alabama
Wayne Coleman
Head of Archives and Technology
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Scott Douglas
Executive Director
Greater Birmingham Ministries
Sandra Gill
Professor of Sociology Emeritus
Gettysburg College
Rhonda Jones
Lead Archivist
Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project
Robin D. G. Kelly
Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in US History
UCLA
Scotty Kirkland
Historian and Writer
Alabama Department of Archives and History
Josephine Bolling McColl
Board President
The Elmore Bolling Foundation
Melissa Nobles
Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
RJ Ramey
Site Creator
MonroeWorkToday, Auut Studio
A. C. Roper
Chief of Police
Birmingham Police Department
Margaret M. Russell
Associate Professor of Law
Santa Clara School of Law
Tonia Sutherland
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Studies, The University of Alabama
Andrea Taylor
President and CEO
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
Shelia Washington
Founder
The Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center
Nan Woodruff
Professor of African American Studies
Penn State University
Rose Zoltek-Jick
Associate Director
Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project