Freedom Riders information:Reception Program Card
9/15/08
Tennessee State University
Freedom Riders Reception Thursday, September 18, 2008 Jane Elliott Building • 3:30 pm Presiding
Mrs. Cynthia Brooks
Vice President for Business and Finance
Welcome and Greetings
Dr. Robert Hampton Provost
Occasion
Dr. Melvin N. Johnson President
Introduction of Special Guests and Freedom Riders
Dr. Michael Freeman
Vice President, Student Affairs
Musical Selection TSU Commercial Music Ensemble Presentation of Gifts
President Johnson Mr. Patrick Walker Reese
President, Student Government Association
Special Presentation
Mr. Leonard Stephens, President Mr. Robert Jobe, Vice President TSU National Alumni Association
Freedom Rider Response
Ms. Pauline Knight-Ofosu
Retired, Program Management Analyst
Community Response
Ms. Linda T. Wynn
Assistant Director for State Programs Tennessee Historical Commission
Acknowledgements
Mr. Shereitte C. Stokes, III
Vice President University Relations and Development
Invocation
Rev. Edward Lee Thompson President The Interdenominational Ministers’ Fellowship
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Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County
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Freedom Riders information:Reception Program Card
9/15/08
Freedom Riders Permanent Marker Committee Dwight Martin – co-chair Kwame Lillard – co-chair Delorse Lewis Cassandra Griggs Dwight Beard –Foundation Board Member Dr. Jewell Winn Betsy Jackson Dawn Rutledge-Jones Elizabeth McClain
Freedom Riders Symposium Subcommittee: Murle E. Kenerson, Chair Mr. Fletcher F. Moon Mrs. Estella R. Whitaker Ms. Loretta Divens Mrs. Sharon Hull Smith Mrs. Delores Lewis Mr. Shereitte C. Stokes III Dr. Hoyt A. King Mrs. Elizabeth McClain Ms. Pamela Bobo Mr. James Burton
Freedom Riders Creative Arts Subcommittee: Dr. Lawrence James, Communications Chair Ms. Cheryl Bates-Lee, Public Relations Dr. Robert Elliott, Music Mr. John Girton, Multi-Media Services Ms. Jodi Hayes, Art Mr. Kwame Lillard, Community Activist Mr. Dwight D. Martin, Engineering Ms. Megan Reynolds, Student Representative Mr. David Walker, Graphic Artist/Designer
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