Civil Rights Activism and Agriculture: A Family that Kept the Land – Lecture and Reception
Community and Environmental Sociology Presents: Reverend Wendell Paris, Mr. George Paris, and Mrs. Alice Paris
Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Time: 5:00pm CST – lecture, reception to follow
Location: DeLuca Forum Room 1255, Discovery Building (330 N. Orchard St.) Reception to follow in Discovery Open Court.
Come hear Professor Monica White in conversation with three Civil and Voting Rights Giants who were also farmers and leaders in the Black Farmers’ Cooperative Movement: Reverend Wendell Paris, Mr. George Paris, and Mrs. Alice Paris. Their important stories link farming and political liberation movements and have many lessons for our path forward today.
