
Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth: Actionist for Justice -- SUPER Workshop Application |
Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth: Actionist for Justice
We appreciate your interest in AHA programming. Please complete this application to be considered for participation in our October 15, 2022 workshop examining the leadership of Birmingham's Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth during the 20th century movement for civil and human rights.
This half-day workshop in partnership with Alabama Public Television will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2022 (9:00am - 12:00pm CT) in Birmingham at Historic Bethel Baptist Church of Collegeville. Lead Scholar for the workshop will be Dr. David Holmes, Dean of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Lipscomb University, Nashville, and author of many books and articles about African American language and literature, sermons and speeches of the Civil Rights Movement and the prophetic legacy of such speeches and the pastors and laypersons who delivered them.
** Participating educators will receive a $50 stipend, refreshments and 3 CEU credits, plus copies of A FIRE YOU CAN'T PUT OUT: THE CIVIL RIGHTS LIFE OF BIRMINGHAM'S REVEREND FRED SHUTTLESWORTH by Andrew Manis (The University of Alabama Press, 1998) and WHERE THE SACRED AND SECULAR HARMONIZE: BIRMINGHAM MASS MEETING RHETORIC AND THE PROPHETIC LEGACY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT by David Holmes (Cascade, 2017).
Spaces are limited. Applications accepted until all slots are filled.
Deadline is October 1, 2022.
Deadline is October 1, 2022.