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National Freedom Day Observance - Keynote and Wreath Laying

1/31/2020 - 1/31/2020
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Carolyn Jordan

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Attorney Mawuli Mel Davis will be the keynote speaker on Friday, Jan. 31, 10 a.m., in the King-Frazier Student Center ballroom. Davis is a Thurgood Marshall Award winner and was named Civil Rights Attorney of the Year by the Gate City Bar Association. He is co-founder of the Davis Bozeman Law Firm in Atlanta.

Following the keynote address will be a faculty/student panel discussion and the program will conclude with a wreath-laying ceremony led by Charlotte Leota, the great-great-great granddaughter of Richard R. Wright Sr.

Savannah State University’s (SSU) Wright Choice Initiative will host National Freedom Day observances Jan. 30 –Feb. 1. All events are free and open to the public. The Wright Choice Initiative, a Title III-funded mentoring program, is named for Richard R. Wright Sr., SSU’s first president. Wright is considered the architect of National Freedom Day, established to commemorate President Lincoln signing a resolution proposing the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery in the United States. A proclamation naming Feb. 1 National Freedom Day was signed by President Truman in 1948.
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King Frazier Student Center

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