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Civil Rights in America: The Struggle and The Dream - John Lewis
8:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - Congressman Lewis was chairman of SNCC , the Student Nonviolent Coordinating committee, an organization of college students responsible for sit-ins and other student activities in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's. He has been jailed more than 40 times for participation in peaceful demonstrations. Elected to Congress from Atlanta in 1986, he serves on the House committee for Interior and Insular Affairs and the committee for Public Works and Transportation. Planned in honor of the passage of the 25th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1965. Part of the National Affairs Series - Civil Rights in America: The Struggle and the Dream. Previously known as the Institute on National Affairs

Panel: Racism on Campus: Up Close and Personal
4:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - ISU students will discuss their own experiences with racism on campus. Dianne Dillon-Ridgely, national YWCA board member, will moderate. Part of the National Affairs Series

Film: Racism 101
3:00 PM – Great Hall, Memorial Union - This program will examine the increasing incidents of racism and violence on campuses across the country. Reports from Columbia, Smith, Dartmouth, Swarthmore, Purdue and Harvard reveal the kind of prejudice that flared during the early days of the Civil Rights Movement. Part of the National Affairs Series

A Feminist View of Higher Eduacation - Florence Howe
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

Class of Classic: David Rodrink A Feminist View of Higher Education - Melba Boyd
All Day – - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

The Aids Virus and the Aids Panaemic: Where We are, How We got There and Where We Go From Here - Robert Gallo
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - Robert Gallo is Chief of the Tumor Cell Biology Laboratory at the National Cancer Institute and has written over 700 articles. From the University Lectures Program archive.

A Presidential Dialogue on Higher Education - Gordon P. Eaton and James T. Laney
All Day – South Ballroom, Memorial Union - Part of the University Lectures Program archive.

The Mountain and the Man Who Was Not God - June Jordan
All Day – Sun Room, Memorial Union - June Jordan is a poet, essayist and author of City Limits, Moving Toward Home, On Call: A Collection of New Political Essays, 1981-1985, and His Own Where She teaches African American Studies and English at the University of California, Berkeley. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Kudzu - Doug Marlette
All Day – - Exact date is unknown. Part of University Lecture Series. University Lectures Program Archive.

Martin Luther King Jr., and the Future of America - Vincent Harding
All Day – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Vincent Harding was actively involved in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta and worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King. He is a Professor at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado and has written The Other American Revolution and There is a River: The Struggle for Freedom in America. From the University Lectures Program archive.