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Eyes on the Prize - Screening and Civil Rights Panel
Mays High School, 3450 Benjamin E Mays Dr SW, Atlanta, GA | Get Directions »
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EMC2, Councilman C.T. Martin, and Cascade Patch Connect Civil Rights Veterans With
SW Atlanta’s Youth in a 6 part Black History Month Series
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, January, 17, 2012 – The Idea - Connect community members, students, and businesses together to share civil rights experiences. Over six evenings in January and February 2012, the PBS series Eyes on the Prize - America's Civil Rights Movement will be screened at the newly renovated Mays High School. After each viewing, a panel of civil rights veterans will entertain questions from the students and community about their personal civil rights experiences.
The Purpose - It is critical for young people to understand the struggle that came before them to ensure their access to education, jobs, and justice. SW Atlanta is in the enviable position of having many of the leaders and workers of the civil rights movement right here in the Benjamin E. Mays High School cluster. By engaging the resources/life experiences in the community, this segment of black history becomes tangible to the students.
The Schedule - All events are held at Benjamin E. Mays High School located at 3450 Benjamin E. Mays Drive, Atlanta, GA 30331. The elementary and middle schools that feed into the Mays HS are providing students to welcome the audience, recite civil rights themed poetry or speeches, and attend the events. (see attached schedule)
Leslie Meyers-Joseph, EMC2 Communications Chair, commented, “We are so excited to offer our kids and community this chance to see a portion of our history that so many young adults may take for granted. We hope this series will drive home the importance of the trials our civil rights veterans experienced.”
For further information, visit www.emc2now.com, or call Leslie Meyers-Joseph at 404-696-0376 or Dawn Brockington-Shaw at 404-849-1916
Event Details
| Where | Mays High School 3450 Benjamin E Mays Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30331 |
| Next on | This event is over. |
| Time | 6:00 pm–8:30 pm |
| Who to bring | College Students, Moms, Dads, Singles, Everyone, Kids, Teens, Families, Seniors |
| Website | http://www.emc2now.com |
| Phone | 404-849-1916 |
| Price | $0 |
More About Mays High School
Named in honor of Atlanta educator Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, this Atlanta high school's mission is "to provide a secure and nurturing environment that fosters students' success, to develop interpersonal skills through real-world experiences, to promote the exchange of ideas through multiple mediums and to engage communities near and afar."
In the 2010 school year, students are attending school in the former Archer High School building at 2250 Perry Boulevard in Atlanta until workers complete a renovation project at the Mays campus.
Mays' school colors are light blue and yellow, and the sports teams are known as The Raiders. The school is broken into five "learning communities," which include Science and Mathematics, Business and Entrepreneurship, Eagle Leadership, Dorothy Height Academy of Leadership and Mass Communication.
