As part of activities honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media will host a conversation with Franklin McCain Jr. — son of civil rights activist Franklin McCain, part of the “Greensboro Four” who staged the sit-in at a Woolworth store in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Feb. 1, 1960.
The conversation with McCain takes place Tuesday, Jan. 17, from 6 to 7:15 p.m. in the Freedom Forum Conference Center, located on Carroll Hall's third floor. Advance registrations are strongly encouraged.
Refreshments will be available at 5:30 p.m. prior to the event's start.
UNC Hussman Adjunct Professor Carl Kenney, the founder of Liberation Station North Carolina and publisher of the online independent newspaper Durham Rev-elution, will moderate the conversation.
The conversation is part of the school's MLK Day of Action.
Earlier in the day, at noon in the Freedom Forum Conference Center, there will be a student-led walk-out/sit-out event in which students will give remarks and read from King's “I Have a Dream" speech.