"The Civil Rights Movement and the Nine-Word Problem"

In this episode, we discuss the LES Center's upcoming P-12 institute "The Civil Rights Movement and the Nine-Word Problem." This is an institute open for regional (Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina) educators to participate in a week-long program (June 12-16, 2023) at the LES Center with facilitators Dr. Rev. Benjamin Boswell, Dr. Keri Leigh Merritt, and Dr. Jennifer Morrison. Participants in the institute receive a $200 stipend and professional development hours. Applications are due May 1, 2023, and you can learn more about applying at www.lesp12.com. The second part of this episode highlights some of the records we found at the LES Center. We are in the process, thank to a Council of Libraries and Information Resources grant, of digitizing these recordings and creating tools for educators and scholars to access them and use them in the classroom. The recordings are from Laurel Falls Camp for Girls all the way to the 1960s.