JMU Civic's Constitution Day Hosts Activist Carolyn Quilloin Coleman

Contact Information

JMU Center for Civic Engagement

Contact Details

civic@jmu.edu

Description

At this year's JMU Civic Constitution Day, activist Carolyn Quilloin Coleman served as a guest speaker.

In April 1969, Carolyn Quilloin Coleman who started her activism work as a teenager protesting segregation in Savannah, Georgia, organized the NAACP-sponsored Youth Mobilization conference in Washington, D.C. that brought together 2,000 young people from 33 states to lobby Congress in support of youth voting rights.

Web Presence

https://www.jmu.edu/civic/constitution-day.shtml

Involvement

Involves Faculty, Involves Staff, Involves Students, Involves Participants External to JMU

Scope

JMU Campus Scope, National Scope

Date

2021

Areas of Engagement

Civic Engagement, Engaged Learning

Format

Event