Newsmakers: Freeland Advocates Civil Rights for All
Wendell G. Freeland, a former Pitt trustee as well as a prominent lawyer and civil rights activist, delivered a Jan. 31 talk titled “What You Should Know About Some of Our Past.” Freeland discussed the racial discrimination he faced while growing up and when he was in the U.S. Army, where he served as one of the famed World War II Tuskegee Airmen. Freeland detailed his lifelong dedication to fighting discrimination, seeking to ensure the civil rights of all. His talk in Forbes Tower was presented by Pitt’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and Office of Health Sciences Diversity. (Mike Drazdzinski/CIDDE)
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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