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Report – GSU World Heritage Symposium

Posted On February 15, 2018
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Owners of historic properties associated with the civil rights struggle of the 1950s and 1960s, movement scholars and historic preservationists gathered in Atlanta, April 20-22, 2017, at the World Heritage and U. S. Civil Rights Sites Symposium to discuss preparing a Serial Nomination for the National Park Service to propose to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee.

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Video: Alissandra Cummins – “Sites of Conscience”

Posted On June 28, 2017
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Remarks by Alissandra Cummins, Director of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, presented at the U.S. Civil Rights Sites World Heritage Symposium at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, April 21, 2017.  The presentation’s full title is “Sites of Conscience, Conflict and Contestation – Comparatives in World Heritage Analysis, Sites of U. S. Civil Rights Movement.”

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