DR. BOBBY DONALDSON

Dr. Bobby Donaldson, MR. CIVIL RIGHTS, is an Associate Professor of History, and the Director of the Center for Civil Rights History and Research, at the University of South Carolina-Columbia.

DR. ABEL BARTLEY

Author, Professor of History, Clemson University; author of several essays on race, politics, and the Civil Rights movement. Most recent book, Keeping the Faith explores race, politics, and social development in Jacksonville between 1940 and 1970.

DR. MILLICENT BROWN

Author; American civil rights activist and educator; best known for being one of the first to racially integrate public schools in Charleston in 1963.

VIVIAN GLOVER

Writer, journalist and producer working for NBC News and currently as director of community arts and development at the Orangeburg County Fine Arts Center.

DR. FRANK MARTIN

Dr. Frank C. Martin II, formerly, director of the Stambeck Museum at SC State University, provides instruction on the understanding, appreciation, history and critique of the fine Arts as manifestations of cultural expression.

DR. LEO TWIGGS

As Professor of Art at South Carolina State University, he developed the Art Department and I.P. Stanback Museum. Twiggs was named Professor Emeritus in 2000. He was the first visual artist to receive the Verner Award (Governor’s Trophy) for outstanding contributions to the arts in South Carolina.

DR. RANDALL KENNEDY

Randall Kennedy is Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard Law School where he teaches courses on contracts, criminal law, and the regulation of race relations. He attended Yale Law School and served as a law clerk for Judge J. Skelly Wright of the United States Court of Appeals and for Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court.

DAVION PETTY

Davion Petty serves as Director of Admissions and Recruitment in the Division of Enrollment Management at South Carolina State University. He is responsible for student recruitment efforts. This includes reaching out to and following up with students who demonstrate an interest in a particular school.

SARA JUNE GOLDSTEIN

GOLDSTEIN IS Trustee and Executive Director of the Write to Change Foundation, advocating for contemporary literature of South Carolina as well as building and supporting partnerships that highlight poets and writers.

STEPHON EDWARDS

Edwards is founder/President of Paragon Builders, LLC, a leading residential and commercial contractor business located in Orangeburg.

DR. ROY JONES

Dr. Roy I. Jones is a lifelong educator who has served in South Carolina institutions for nearly 40 years. Jones is the Executive Director of the Call Me MiSTER program and Provost Distinguished Professor in Clemson University’s College of Education.

ANDRE RICE

As President of M2, Chicago, Illinois, André sets the investment strategy and oversees the growth and operations of M2. He founded the firm in 1999.

ENRIQUE SANCHEZ

Enrique Sanchez is a civil engineer with a Master of Science degree from the School of Engineering and Applied Science of Columbia University in the City of New York.

DR. TONI WILLIAMS-SANCHEZ

DR. Toni Williams-Sanchez, PhD, holds life memberships in the NAACP; PDK, (Phi Delta Kappa); AFCEA, (Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association); SAMAAP (Sociedad de Amigos del Museo Afro-Antillano de Panama/Society of Friends of the Afro Antillean Museum in Panama); and the Daughters of the King.

DARLINE CLARK HINE

Darlene Clark Hine is a pioneering scholar in the field of African American women’s history. She has written three award-winning books on African American women’s history, and edited a two-volume encyclopedia, Black Women in America, the first major encyclopedia on the subject. Hine is considered to be a leading expert on the subject of race, class, and gender in American society.

BERNIE WRIGHT

Wright, is an experienced political leader known throughout South Carolina and the Southeast. Now, semi-retired, he enjoys all the benefits "doing whatever he wants to do."

DAWN DAWSON HOUSE

DAWSON-HOUSE is Executive Director at WeGOJA Foundation, an organization which supports the SC African American Heritage Commission in identifying and documenting heritage sites in South Carolina, and leveraging their compelling story to improve education, business, industry, our communities and tourism.

REV. DR. NELSON RIVERS

For over 38 years Rev. Rivers worked at every level of the NAACP, including President, North Charleston, SC Branch; Executive Director, South Carolina State Conference; Director, Southeast Region; Chief Operating Officer, twice as Chief of Field Operations, and Vice President of Stakeholder Relations from 2008 until May 2014.

DR. WILLIAM HINE

Former history professor and author of SC State University; A land-grant College

DR. MARVIN DULANEY

Associate Professor of History Emeritus, former Interim Director of the Center for African American Studies, and the former Chair of the Department of History at the University of Texas, Arlington.

JARROD LOADHOLT

A Washington based attorney, Loadholt is a partner in Ice Miller’s Government Affairs and Regulatory Law Group and serves as a co-vice chair.

DR. STEPHEN MOTTE

Curator of Interpretation and Collections at the Florence County Museum

DR. MINUETTE FLOYD

Professor of art education; director of Young Artist's Workshop, USC

BERLY DAKERS

Executive director of Cultural Programming for South Carolina ETV; executive producer for SCETV's "Outreach" program.

SARA JUNE GOLDSTEIN

Trustee, executive director, Write to Change Foundation

DELORIS PRINGLE

Deloris Pringle, former Chair, Penn Center Board of Trustees, St. Helena, SC

RICHARD REID

Reid was formerly historian at Voorhees College and an accomplished musician, and video technician

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