Eastfield College Annual African American Read-In

This year, the event will honor African-American writers and include a special tribute to four African-American students: Joseph McNeil, Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond and Franklin McCain.

These four students changed the world when they walked into a segregated lunch counter at Woolworth's in North Carolina on Feb. 1, 1960, starting the national sit-in movement.

Freedom Summer, Freedom Riders and the countless individuals who traveled south for a season to register people to vote also will be honored during the read-in. Persons in the Dallas area who participated in those efforts are invited to attend and share their experiences.

The read-in is open to the public and will be held in room 100 of Building S. For more information, call Brynndah Hicks Turnboat at 972-860-7076.