Posts Tagged civil rights

July 24 marks the 50th anniversary of the race riots that rocked the city of Rochester in the summer of 1964. A new exhibit in Rush Rhees Library, “Beyond Rochester’s ’64 Riots: 50 Years Seeking to Make One City Out of Two,” showcases a balance of the past and the present-day, in search of a fresh perspective on ways to move our community forward.

Dr. Bernard “Doc” Lafayette Jr. arrives during Rochester’s Season for Nonviolence celebration for a week of training, lectures and workshops.

Former NAACP president Benjamin Todd Jealous delivers the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address in  Strong Auditorium.