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Chautauqua Workshop @ 11 a.m. @ the Altus Public Library
Vanessa Adams-Harris - The Oklahoma Brown Case In the 1950s a small town in Oklahoma, Bartlesville, is where Miss Ruth W. Brown, librarian, was summarily dismissed after 30 years of…
Chautauqua Workshop @ 2 p.m. @ the Museum of the Western Prairie
Rebecca Jimerson - The Music of the Civil Rights Movement This workshop will delve into the music of the Civil Rights Movement drawing inspiration from African American spirituals, gospel hymns,…
Chautauqua Performance @ 7 p.m. @ WOSC
Tuesday, May 28th -- Earl Warren (1891-1974) Earl Warren was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1953 through 1969, a period of intense challenges to American civil rights.…
Chautauqua Workshop @ 11 a.m. @ the Altus Public Library
Dr. Leslie Goddard - Rating the First Ladies The role of First Lady comes with no job description, no pay, and no written requirements. Yet America's presidential spouses have wielded…
Chautauqua Workshop @ 2 p.m. @ the Museum of the Western Prairie
Dr. Doug Mishler - War and a Question of Rights This workshop will explore how a variety of wars from the Revolution to the war on terror have affected the…
Chautauqua Performance @ 7 p.m. @ WOSC
Wednesday, May 29th -- Rosa Parks (1913-2005) Rosa Parks is often called the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement." She was an ordinary person who did extraordinary things and is…