[act-ma] 2/28 Annual W.E.B. DuBois Adress: CALVIN L. HICKS

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THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
SUNDAY SPEAKERS FORUM presents...

Sunday, February 28, 2010
11:00am

Annual W.E.B. DuBois Memorial Address
CALVIN L. HICKS
"The Education of Black People"

Journalist, writer & teacher, Calvin Hicks has always been engaged in
national and international liberation struggles. He is proud to have been a
member of the prestigious Harlem Writers Guild (with John O. Killens);
founder and chair of the On Guard Committee for Freedom; executive director
of the Monroe Defense Committee in Support of Robert Williams (of which Dr.
DuBois was honorary chair); influential in the Fair Play for Cuba Committee;
& recipient of a range of awards for outstanding contributions to
 "community".

Mr. Hicks has been a professor and senior administrator at Brandeis Univ.,
Goddard Col., Brown Univ., Roxbury Community Col. & finally New England
Conservatory of Music. He was also co-founder of the Black Educators
Roundtable in Boston. 'The Education of Black People', still in print, is
the most complete presentation of DuBois' views on education now available.

Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston St. (Copley Square)
www.communitychurchofboston.org


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International Women's Day program in coordination with WILPF


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DIRECTIONS/PARKING

The Community Church is located at 565 Boylston Street in Copley Square,
between Dartmouth and Clarendon Streets.

Parking is available on Sunday mornings at the Back Bay Garage (entrances on
Clarendon Street or St. James Ave.). We can provide a sticker to affix to
your parking receipt, and you will be charged $5.00 for 3 hours of parking.

By public transportation, take the Green line to Copley or take the Orange
line to Back Bay station. Community Church is a 2-minute walk from either
station.


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Jason Lydon, Congregational Director
Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
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info at commchurch.org
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