The University of Wisconsin-Madison will sponsor a seminar March 26 to commemorate the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, according to a university press release.
UW-Madison alumna Vel Phillips will be the keynote speaker at the event. Phillips, a Milwaukee native, was the first African-American woman to graduate from UW-Madison’s Law School and is known for her support of the Civil Rights Movement.
Other presentations will include history professor Brenda Gayle Plummer’s “The Continuing Legacy of the Civil Rights Act of 1964” and a discussion on civil rights issues moderated by Michael Thornton, professor of Afro-American studies, Asian American studies and sociology.
The event, “A Nation Still Under Construction: Observing the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act,” will take place in Union South’s Varsity Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The seminar will be co-sponsored by the campus Office of the Vice Provost and Chief Diversity Officer and the Department of Afro-American Studies.
