Chat with Civil Rights Icon

The CSI Liberty Partnerships Program and the CSI RELAY Team invite you to participate in a fireside-style chat with Mrs. Lynda Blackmon-Lowery.

Mrs. Lynda Blackmon-Lowery, is a notable civil rights activist who began her involvement in the early 60s with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). On the front lines of the struggle, the young Lowery marched on "Bloody Sunday" and "Turn Around Tuesday," and is the youngest marcher to walk every step of the successful March from Selma to Montgomery. Lowery was beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965, that day is now by a more descriptive name, Bloody Sunday. She received a total of 35 stitches for her injuries. Mrs. Lowey’s early involvement in the struggle against “Jim Crow”, American apartheid, has been the foundation for her civil and human rights work throughout her life.

Our Moderator, Debbie-Ann Paige is a public historian specializing in local African American history, a co-president and founding member of the Richard B. Dickenson Staten Island Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS), and a professional genealogist. She is an adjunct lecturer at the College of Staten Island and a community history strategist

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

College of Staten Island - Building 1P, Center for the Arts, Williamson Theatre, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, United States