HILLSBORO – In honor of Black History Month, the Jefferson College Black Student Union, Diversity Committee, and Library will host an interactive presentation by Dr. Treasure Shields Redmon titled “None of Us Are Free Until All of Us Are Free – The Life and Activism of Fannie Lou Hamer.”
The free program will be held on Wednesday, February 22, from 1-2 p.m. in the Jefferson College Library on the Hillsboro campus. Reservations are not required. Anyone may attend.
Redmond will perform works from her book “Chop: A Collection of Kwansabas for Fannie Lou Hamer” and will infuse poetry, with southern dialect, spirituals and gospel to tell the story of the often forgotten civil rights leader.
A Mississippi native, Dr. Treasure Shields Redmond is a published poet, master educator, community arts organizer, and successful entrepreneur. She was raised in the federal housing projects, and went on to be signed to M.C. Hammer’s label as a hip hop artist, and writer. Dr. Redmond was recently named a post doctoral fellow of literary executorship for the estate of Dr. Eugene B. Redmond and the late Henry Dumas.
For additional information, contact Maryanne Angliongto at manglion@jeffco.edu or (636) 481-3318 or CB Walker at cwalker7@jeffco.edu or (636) 481-3382.
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