civil rights - african american history
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Civil Rights - African American History. Ambassador and Namibian Flags. George with Grandmother “Queen”. George with big brother author Alex Haley. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Civil Rights - African American History
10 AM FEBRUARY 11 APS AuditoriumBuilding 402
____________Keynote Speaker ____________
Ambassador George W. B. Haley, Esq.
George with big brother author Alex Haley
George with Grandmother “Queen”
Ambassador and Namibian Flags
George W.B. Haley was the second black law student to graduate from UA. He arrived at the School of Law in 1949, after graduating from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga. A senator, attorney and civil rights activist, Ambassador Haley holds a long list of accomplishments. He served in the administrations of Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H. Bush, Clinton and George W. Bush. He knows his family history all the way back to his great-great-great-great grandfather, Kunta Kinte, whose life is depicted in the novel 'Roots', written by his brother, Pulitzer Prize winning author Alex Haley.
Refreshments will be served