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Article: WINTER INSTITUTE TO HOST THIRD ANNUAL SUMMIT TO PROMOTE TEACHING CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY STATEWIDE

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May 21, 2007
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The University of Mississippi issued the following news release:

The third annual Civil Rights Education Summit is scheduled June 27-29 at the University of Mississippi hosted by the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation.

The event, which promotes teaching the civil rights movement across the curriculum in schools statewide, features innovative speakers, panels and workshops. The public is invited to attend and there is no registration fee. To register or for more information, visit: http://olemiss.edu/winterinstitute/documents/crsummit07.htm.

Noted historian John Hope Franklin, who served on President Bill Clinton's Initiative on Race, is slated to deliver the keynote address ...

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