May 1970: The Gibbs-Green Tragedy at Jackson State College Conversation

Join the Margaret Walker Alexander National Research Center at 5 p.m. CT on Friday, May 14, 2021, ontheir Facebook for the 51st commemoration of the Gibbs-Green tragedy at Jackson State. JSU will host a virtual gallery talk with civil rights veteran and photographer Dr. Doris Derby, whose photographs chronicle the events that took place during those days and weeks of the Gibbs-Green Tragedy. They will also have James Lap Baker, an eyewitness of the Gibbs-Green Tragedy; civil rights attorney Constance Slaughter-Harvey who represented the families in their civil lawsuit against the City and State. John Spann will moderate the conversation.