Memoir: My Journey Through the Civil Rights Movement: Thursday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m.:Joy Smith is a native of Tennessee and the daughter of a Baptist preacher and Civil Rights activist. Her school was integrated when she was in the first grade, the same year that Arkansas' "Little Rock Nine" had to be escorted to high school under the protection of the U.S. Army. At the age of eleven, Ms. Smith met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In this presentation, Ms. Smith will share her personal story along with songs and tales from the movement.Â
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