Indaba
Newly inducted Black Action Society (BAS) President Sheila Isong (left) and guest speaker Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Civil Rights leader Malcolm X, pose for a picture after the annual BAS Indaba ceremony Sept. 16. During the ceremony, Shabazz delivered the keynote address and the 2007-08 BAS Steering Committee members were sworn in. After the ceremony, Shabazz signed copies of her book, Growing Up X (Ballantine Publishers, 2002). BAS hosted a joint cookout the following day with the Pitt student organization FOCUS, Facilitating Opportunities and Climate for Underrepresented Students, to introduce to incoming freshmen programs that were geared toward African American students.
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On the Freedom Road
Follow a group of Pitt students on the Returning to the Roots of Civil Rights bus tour, a nine-day, 2,300-mile journey crisscrossing five states.
Day 1: The Awakening
Day 2: Deep Impressions
Day 3: Music, Montgomery, and More
Day 4: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Day 5: Learning to Remember
Day 6: The Mountaintop
Day 7: Slavery and Beyond
Day 8: Lessons to Bring Home
Day 9: Final Lessons
