Judy Richardson
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Civil Rights Activist and Award-Winning Producer Judy Richardson to Speak at Adelphi University
Garden City, NY
February 20, 2008
Adelphi University is pleased to welcome nationally known civil rights activist and award-winning producer Judy Richardson, who will speak about the courageous struggles of men and women during the civil rights movement and its impact on racial disparity. The lecture will be delivered on Monday, March 24, 2008, at 7:00 p.m., in Adelphi’s Ruth S. Harley University Center Ballroom, 1 South Avenue, Garden City, NY. The event is free and open to the public.
Ms. Richardson is associate producer of the award-winning series, Eyes on the Prize, which highlights key events of the civil rights movement. She also co-produced the PBS American Experience series, Malcolm X: Make It Plain, which received a Peabody Award. She is a senior producer at Northern Light Productions in Boston, Massachusetts.
A member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Ms. Richardson co-edited Hands on the Freedom Plow, a collection of writings published by the committee which chronicles the activism of more than 50 women during the Southern Freedom Movement in the early 1960s.
Ms. Richardson co-founded the Drum & Spear Bookstore in Washington, D.C., the largest African American bookstore in the country.
For more information about this and other events, please visit www.adelphi.edu, or call the University’s Cultural Events Hotline at 516.877.4555.
About Adelphi University: Adelphi University, chartered in 1896, was the first institution of higher education for the liberal arts and sciences on Long Island. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, the Honors College, the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, and the Schools of Business, Nursing, and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls more than 8,300 students from 40 states and 50 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.
Media Contact
For additional information, please contact:
Kali Chan
Media Relations Director
p - 516.877.4040
f - 516.877.3266
e - chan@adelphi.edu
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