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SUMMARY:Joan Trumpauer Mulholland - Get Back to the Counter: A Conversation with a Freedom Rider
DESCRIPTION:St. Mark’s is proud to host Joan Trumpauer Mulholland for an afternoon of conversation and discussion about Civil Rights in America. Please join us on October 10 at 4pm for this opportunity to talk with and hear the story of a civil rights warrior. \nAs a young woman Joan participated in some of the most important actions of the Civil Rights movement. She was a "Freedom Rider\," part of the movement across the South to promote equal rights and voting rights. \nHer 1961 Jackson\, Mississippi mugshot is one of the most well known photos in American history. \nArrested there for participating in a lunch counter sit-in\, it was just one in over 50 sit-ins and demonstrations including the Freedom Rides\, the Jackson Woolworth’s Sit-in\, the March on Washington\, the Meredith March and the Selma to Montgomery March in which Joan participated. Her path has crossed with some of the biggest names in the Civil Rights Movement: Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, Medgar Evers\, Fannie Lou Hamer\, John Lewis\, Diane Nash and Julian Bond to name a few. \nIn 2023 Joan received an honorary doctorate from Tougaloo College. She is also the recipient of the 2020 Simeon Booker Award for Courage\, the 2019 International Civil Rights Museum Trailblazer Award\, the 2015 National Civil Rights Museum Freedom Award\, the 2013 Anti-Defamation League Annual Heroes Against Hate Award\, and the 2013 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority\, Incorporated Annual Award of Honor. \nShe has appeared in several books including Get Back to the Counter\, Coming of Age in Mississippi\, Breach of Peace\, We Shall Not Be Moved\, and She Stood For Freedom. She has appeared on television and news programs like the CBS Nightly News and award-winning documentaries including An Ordinary Hero\, PBS’s Freedom Riders\, Standing on My Sister’s Shoulders and the groundbreaking film Eyes on the Prize. \nJoan Trumpauer Mulholland is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority\, Inc. having crossed Gamma Psi Chapter\, on April 6\, 1963 at the Tougaloo College. \nInstagram\nTwitter\nTikTok\nFacebook\nWebsite
URL:https://episcopalvirginia.org/event/joan-trumpauer-mulholland-get-back-to-the-counter-a-conversation-with-a-freedom-rider/
LOCATION:St. Mark’s Episcopal\, Richmond\, 520 North Arthur Ashe Boulevard\, Richmond\, VA\, 23220\, United States
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