November 23, 2024

EagleEye

A Newsletter for UMW Faculty and Staff

Williams Earns Headlines for Unveiling of On-Campus Civil Rights Trail Markers

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James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams

James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams

James Farmer Multicultural Center Assistant Director Chris Williams earned a series of recent headlines for the July 16, 2024, unveiling of five on-campus markers that are part of the Fredericksburg Civil Rights Trail, “Freedom, A Work in Progress.” Williams, along with the City of Fredericksburg’s Victoria Matthews, spearheaded the project, working to create the trail, which was included as part of the U.S. Civil Rights Trail earlier this year. Local and regional headlines include:

Fredericksburg Civil Rights Trail completed with UMW stops (The Free Lance-Star)
A crowd gathered Tuesday morning outside Combs Hall on the campus of University of Mary Washington to witness the unveiling of two new informational signs.
City, UMW unveil on-campus stops for U.S. Civil Rights Trail (Fredericksburg Free Press)
Five new stops on the U.S. Civil Rights Trail were unveiled Tuesday morning in front of Combs Hall on the campus of the University of Mary Washington.
 
Campus Stops On The Fredericksburg Civil Rights Trail Unveiled (FXBG Advance)
Almost four years to the day after an email exchange that initiated work on the Fredericksburg Civil Rights Trail, city and University of Mary Washington leaders unveiled five wayside panels that complete the trail.
UMW Installs Five New Fredericksburg Civil Rights Wayside Panels on Campus (FXBG Fredericksburg, Virginia Economic Development; WHRO; Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce)
The University of Mary Washington and the City of Fredericksburg unveiled five new Fredericksburg Civil Rights Wayside Panels installed on campus, on Tuesday, July 16.

U.S. Civil Rights Trail unveils new historical markers in Fredericksburg (VPM)
Five panels along the U.S. Civil Rights Trail were unveiled Tuesday at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg.
https://www.vpm.org/news/2024-07-17/us-civil-rights-trail-mary-washington-fredericksburg

‘Struggle for freedom was real’: Five historic markers document civil rights movement at UMW (Augusta Free Press)
Five markers unveiled this week at the University of Mary Washington tell the story of a college campus and the perseverance of its community members following the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s.