By
Carmen Hytche
The
second half of a two-part, community-wide reflection on how the
1960s changed Wichita and America will be held Saturday, April 6,
at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex.
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’60s
conference schedule
The
schedule for the conference "The 60s and How They Changed
America" is:
11:30
a.m.: Registration
12:30-2
p.m.: "The Nonviolent Movement the Sixties: A Legacy
for the New Century?" by Diane Nash
2-3
p.m.: "Wichita in the Sixties"
3:15
p.m.-4:30 p.m.: Concurrent sessions – "The Struggle
Over School Desegregation," "Black Power and White
Backlash," "The National and Local Shift to
the Right," "The Vietnam War and Wichita,"
"The Religious Community and the Sixties," and "The
Media and the Sixties"
4:45
p.m.: Q & A session with Nash
6-6:30
p.m.: Dinner
6:45-9
p.m.: "Assessing the Changes the 60s Brought and Placing
the ’60s in a World Context"
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The
conference, "The ’60s and How They Changed America,"
is a partnership among Wichita State University, Friends University,
Newman University and community leaders. The $10 conference fee
includes dinner.
Current
and former WSU faculty participating in the conference presentations
are Anna Chandler, ethnic studies; Bernice Hutcherson, social work;
Judith R. Johnson, history; Carol Konek, women’s studies and
religion; Craig Miner, history; and Dwight Murphey, finance, real
estate and decision sciences.
The
conference begins with a keynote presentation by Diane Nash. At
the height of the civil rights movement, Nash, an associate of Martin
Luther King Jr., worked with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. She led sit-ins
and mobilized 300 volunteers for the Freedom Rides of 1961.
The
symposium will feature commentary and discussion on Wichita in the
’60s. Subjects discussed will be the aircraft industry, jobs
and the economy and Wichita’s contribution to the civil rights
movement.
Conference
attendees will be able to choose one of six breakout sessions on
various topics related to the ’60s. Then, the conference will
reconvene with a question and answer session facilitated by Nash.
The
symposium will conclude with a forum addressing the changes the
’60s brought and placing the ’60s in a world context.
For
more information, contact Gretchen Eick, 295-5528, or Carmen Hytche,
978-3142.
