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The Civil Rights Institute at FSU commemorates, celebrates, and studies the U.S. Civil Rights Movement to promote justice and equality at FSU and in communities where we work and serve.
Going to Mars with Nikki Giovanni & Fred Moten
Save the date to join us on Thursday and Friday, October 10-11, 2024, for special events with Nikki Giovanni and Fred Moten. The ‘Princess of Black Poetry’ Nikki Giovanni and MacArthur Foundation Fellow Fred Moten will bring their genius to Tallahassee for two days of musing about the future of Black artistic expression and activism, including a talk from Moten, a screening of the Sundance-winning GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT at the Challenger Planetarium, and a once-in-a-generation conversation between these luminaries about their work in poetics, film, theory, music, and other art forms inside academe and around the globe over the past six decades.
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FSU's Civil Rights Institute Participates in Juneteenth Event in Anchorage, Alaska
Florida State University’s Civil Rights Institute’s Director and Acting Chair of the 400 Years of African American History Commission (400YAAHC), Ted Ellis, attended Freedom Forward: Alaska in Anchorage, Alaska, from June 19 to June 24.
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Florida State’s Civil Rights Institute Accepted to National Park Service’s African American Civil Rights Network
Florida State University’s Civil Rights Institute was approved by the National Park Service to be included in the African American Civil Rights Network (AACRN), a federally funded initiative to bring awareness to various stories within the Civil Rights Movement as it spans time.
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Civil Rights Institute’s Director Gives Address at U.S. Attorney’s Office
Florida State University’s Civil Rights Institute Director Ted Ellis gave the keynote address at the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s annual African American History Celebration on Wednesday, February 21.
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We invite students, faculty, staff, and members of the surrounding Tallahassee community to sign up for The Empowerment Exchange, the Civil Rights Institute's newsletter. This newsletter encapsulates our recent achievements and strides that our Director, Ted Ellis, has made to further our mission of promoting justice and equality for all.
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Justice | Equality | Civil Rights
Welcome to the Civil Rights Institute at Florida State University. The Institute commemorates, celebrates, and studies the U.S. Civil Rights Movement to promote justice and equality at FSU and in communities where we work and serve.
CRI’s core activities include:
FSU’s Civil Rights Institute Participates in Juneteenth Event in Anchorage, Alaska
August 12, 2024
Florida State University’s Civil Rights Institute’s Director and Acting Chair of the 400 Years of African American History Commission (400YAAHC), Ted Ellis, attended Freedom Forward: Alaska in Anchorage, Alaska, from June 19 to June 24. …
Florida State’s Civil Rights Institute Accepted to National Park Service’s African American Civil Rights Network
April 12, 2024
Florida State University’s Civil Rights Institute was approved by the National Park Service to be included in the African American Civil Rights Network (AACRN), a federally funded initiative to bring awareness to various stories within the Civil Rights Movement as it spans time. …
Civil Rights Institute’s Director Gives Address at U.S. Attorney’s Office
March 8, 2024
Florida State University’s Civil Rights Institute Director Ted Ellis gave the keynote address at the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s annual African American History Celebration on Wednesday, February 21. …