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December 12, 2013
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Library Awarded Grant to Take Part in
Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle
Clayton State Homecoming
Set for Week of February 9 to February 15
by John Shiffert
The Clayton State University Library has
received a grant from the National
Endowment for the Humanities to partici-
pate in a special initiative entitled Created
Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle.
Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights
Struggle is made possible through a major
grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities, as part of its Bridging Cultures
initiative, in partnership with the Gilder
Lehrman Institute of American History.
According to Erin Nagel, assessment &
marketing librarian and coordinator for
the Clayton State’s participation in
Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights
Struggle, the kickoff for Clayton State’s
program will take place during Black
History Month and will focus on four
remarkable depictions of various historic
phases of the civil rights struggle. The
four movies, which will become part of
the Clayton State Library’s permanent
collection, are; “The Abolitionists,”
“Slavery by Another Name,” “The Loving
Story,” and “Freedom Riders.” Clayton
State’s kickoff event for Created Equal is
scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014,
at 6:30 p.m. in room 101 of the Harry S.
Downs Center. The two-hour long kickoff
will feature a panel of Clayton State
scholars, discussions, and showing brief
clips from the four movies.
“We hope that this programming will
encourage participants to reflect on the
lengthy, ongoing struggle for Civil Rights
in America as well as explore the ever-
evolving meanings of freedom and equal-
ity in this country,” says Dr. Gordon
Baker, Clayton State dean of Libraries.
Plans are in the works for Created Equal:
America’s Civil Rights Struggle to
include at least four campus and commu-
nity discussion events involving Clayton
State student organizations, faculty, staff
and community organizations.
Photo Credit: Courtesy Library of Congress,
Prints & Photographs Division, NYWT&S
Collection.
The year was 1969. Man first walked on
the moon. The Beatles hadn’t broken up.
Richard Nixon was president. Lester
Maddox was governor of Georgia. Led
Zeppelin and Creedence Clearwater
Revival topped the charts. Butch Cassidy
and the Sundance Kid and the original
True Grit were big hits at the movies. Tie-
dyeing and bell bottoms were “in.” The
New York Mets surprised everyone by
winning the first National League
Championship series over the Braves, and
then winning the World Series over the
Baltimore Orioles. And while the Internet
hadn’t been invented yet, Clayton State
had been… or at least its doors opened for
the first time to 942 students on Sept. 30,
1969.
Next year, 2014, marks the 45th anniver-
sary of the University opening its doors as
Clayton Junior College. We will be cele-
brating that milestone throughout the
year, starting with the University’s annual
Homecoming
celebration.
While
Homecoming day is February 15, there
will be a week of activities, beginning on
February 9, leading up to the big day.
Join us for a week of fun activities, heart-
pounding sports action, and unbridled
enthusiasm for all things Clayton State. If
you’re on campus regularly, you’ll love
the many opportunities to make memories
that you’ll revisit year after year when
Homecoming rolls around. And if you
haven’t been to campus in a while, well,
it’s time to come home.
Some highlights from the big day:
Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, Homecoming
Day
Homecoming Parade, 10 a.m.,
Jonesboro Rd and Clayton State
Campus
Homecoming Picnic, Festival and
Tailgate, hosted by the Alumni
Association, 11:30 a.m., Laker Hall
Grounds
Reunion of the first students, faculty
and staff, hosted by the Alumni
Association, 11:30 a.m., Laker Hall
Homecoming Basketball Games vs.
Montevallo, 1:30 p.m. Women’s
team, 3:30 p.m. Men’s team
Visit the Homecoming website at
http://giving.clayton.edu/alumni for more
information.
To keep up to date on the Reunion, please
join
our
Facebook
group
at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/58076
6265309733/
Interested in entering a unit into the
parade?
Go
to
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzlbQKJ
G8fFWNUJFTnJLbGtyekU/edit?pli=1
for the parade entry packet.