DAY ONE – PARADE & RALLY

Date: Sun. Oct 4 | Time: 3P | Location: West & Wood St., Downtown Youngstown | Parade: Register here. Over 100 years ago the Negro Silent Protest Parade was a silent march of about 10,000 African Americans along Fifth Avenue starting at 57th Street in New York City on July 28, 1917. It is arguably the most […]

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DAY THREE – SIMEON BOOKER

THE SIMEON BOOKER AWARD FOR COURAGE

Date: Thurs. Oct 8 | Time: 430P-7p | Location: Youngstown State University – Chestnut Room

Simeon Booker was a courageous and pioneering African-American journalist during the Civil Rights Movement. His work helped unify the fight for equality. This dinner was created, in his honor, to celebrate his life-long achievements and to highlight those torchbearers who have risked life and limb in pursuit of the same things Simeon Booker stood for – justice and equality.
  • Event Time: 430P Date: October 10, 2019
  • Location: Youngstown State University – Chestnut Room
  • One University Plaza, Youngstown, Ohio 44503.
  • Contact us: P: (330) 207-4467 E: PennyWWells@sbcglobal.net

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DAY FIVE – MAIN LIBRARY

NONVIOLENCE AT THE YOUNGSTOWN MAIN LIBRARY

Date: Tues. Oct 6 | Time: 430P-7p | Location: Youngstown Main Library | 3o5 Wick Avenue, downtown | Info: pennywwells@sbcglobal.net

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DAY SEVEN – DAY OF ACTION

DAY OF ACTION / Voter Registration – Date: Sat. Oct 10 | Time: 10A-12p | Location: St. John’s Episcopal Church | Info: pennywwells@sbcglobal.net

 

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