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RED EMMA'S BOOKSTORE
FREE event. Open to public. Books will be available to purchase.
Join in community for an evening with Benjamin Jealous, a social entrepreneur, changemaker, and former NAACP president. Jealous will reflect on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., through the lens of his work as a civil rights leader, former investigative journalist, and educator.
Jealous was one of the youngest presidents in NAACP history. He has also served as president of the Rosenberg Foundation, founding director of Amnesty International’s U.S. Human Rights Program, and executive director of the National Newspaper Publishers Association — the largest trade association of African-American owned newspapers. In Mississippi, Jealous was editor of the Jackson Advocate newspaper and a NAACP community organizer. He started his career in civil rights at age 18, working in the mailroom of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
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This is an in-person event that will also be streamed online.
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Registration is required to watch live online.
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The livestream will be available to watch during the live event only; it will not be available for on-demand viewing.
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Live captioning and sign language interpreting will be provided for both the in-person and virtual viewing. The venue is ADA-accessible.
