FSU LIBRARIES TO HOST EMMETT TILL LECTURE SERIES FEATURING MISSISSIPPI DELTA PRESERVATION LEADERS

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept. 8 -- Florida State University issued the following news release:

Florida State University Libraries will bring two Mississippi Delta preservation leaders to campus Sept. 17 for its annual Emmett Till Lecture Series.

Patrick Weems, executive director of the Emmett Till Interpretive Center, and Gloria Dickerson, executive director of We2gether Creating Change, will discuss efforts to preserve and document sites connected to the 1955 murder of Emmett Till, a pivotal event in the modern Civil Rights Movement.

The lecture, "Let the World See: Preserving Sacred Ground in the Mississippi Delta," will explore the role of historic sites and archival records in preserving civil rights history and educating future generatio...