Wayne Community College set to host panel discussion
By From staff reports
Published in News on February 22, 2015 1:50 AM
Wayne Community College's Cultural Diversity/Global Education Task Force and Wayne County Historical Association are partnering to provide a very special Black History Month presentation this coming Thursday.
The "Living Legacies" event will include a discussion with five Wayne County residents who were on the front lines in the civil rights movement: Carolyn Buffalo, Pat Burden, the Rev. James Grimes Sr., Anne Hurrey and Gerald Simmons. It will be moderated by Gene Price who, as editor of the Goldsboro News-Argus, had a front-row seat for that chapter of our history.
"The generation that worked so hard for the rights that so many take for granted is aging and we will not have many more chances to hear from them first-hand," said Tara Humphries, a member of the organizing committee. "We encourage everyone to take advantage of this special opportunity."
The discussion will begin at 7 p.m. in Room 101 of the Walnut Building on WCC's main campus.