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An annual Visiting Faculty Lecture Series hosted since 2001 by the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Michigan State University. The award-winning series highlights persons who have become icons of the American struggle for civil rights.

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Slavery to Freedom
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33 VIDEOS

2012 | Frederick D. Haynes, III

51:26 Air Date 02/02/12

2011 | Shirley Sherrod

1:09:53 Air Date 02/17/11

2011 | Taylor Branch

1:23:57 Air Date 02/10/11

2011 | Bernice Johnson Reagon

1:16:32 Air Date 02/03/11

2010 | Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III

1:24:54 Air Date 02/25/10

2010 | Dr. Clayborne Carson

1:30:55 Air Date 02/18/10

2010 | Rev. Dr. Charles G. Adams

1:24:54 Air Date 02/02/10

2009 | Rev. Dr. Cheryl Townsend Gilkes

1:31:07 Air Date 02/26/09

2009 | Dick Gregory

1:49:12 Air Date 02/19/09

2009 | Clarence B. Jones

1:15:52 Air Date 02/12/09

2008 | Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie

1:08:04 Air Date 02/28/08

2008 | Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes, III

1:13:24 Air Date 02/21/08
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