Saturday, Nov 1, 2pm at the Richmondtown Library, 200 Clarke Ave, SINY 10301

You’ll hear the personal story of Rev. George McClain, an Islander who worked in Alabama and MIssissippi as a seminarian and as a young minister in the1960s. He worked in the Mississippi Freedom Summer, and in a range of desegregation initiatives in the Deep South.  This event presents living history, a first-hand account of life under Jim Crow.  Special guest, Prof. David Seeley, who worked with the US Dept of Justice to implement the 1964 Civil Rights Act.