Donald Lee Hollowell: Foot Soldier of Equal Justice May 2021 Virtual Lunch and Learn
Wednesday, April 21st, 2021
On Friday, May 14, noon-1:00 p.m., the Georgia Archives’ Lunch and Learn live event will be available to the public through Microsoft Teams. Donald Lee Hollowell: Foot Soldier of Equal Justice will be presented by award-winning professional storyteller Akbar Imhotep.
The link to the live event is: https://tinyurl.com/ehjxpnnc
Join storyteller Imhotep for a brief and informative visit with Donald Lee Hollowell to learn about the man, and his inspiration, and his impact on our past, present, and future.
The presentation will be offered only at the live event and will not be uploaded to our YouTube channel. Be sure not to miss this unique one-time-only presentation.
Donald L. Hollowell was a Georgian civil rights attorney during the Civil Rights movement. He successfully sued to integrate Atlanta's public schools, Georgia colleges, universities, and public transit. His legal victory won the release of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from the Reidsville State Prison. Hollowell is best remembered for his instrumental role in winning the desegregation of the University of Georgia in 1961. He is the subject of a University of Georgia documentary film, Donald L. Hollowell: Foot Soldier for Equal Justice.
Imhotep is an award-winning, professional storyteller since 1985. He has shared stories in schools, libraries, museums, and throughout Metro-Atlanta and the southeast.
He has served as Storyteller-in-Residence at the Wren’s Nest, the historic home of Joel Chandler Harris, and as a touring and resident puppeteer at the Center for Puppetry Arts.
Since 2014, he has portrayed abolitionist Frederick Douglass for the Fulton County School’s third and fourth graders. His repertoire of historical characters includes Louis Armstrong, James Weldon Johnson, and Primus E. King.
The link for the live event will also be posted on the Georgia Archives’ Facebook page on Friday morning, May 14. Microsoft Teams currently supports these browsers: Internet Explorer II, Microsoft Edge, RS2 or later, the latest version of Chrome, and the latest version of Firefox.
If you plan on using an iPhone or tablet, you may need to download the Teams app.
Lunch and Learn Programs are sponsored by Friends of Georgia Archives and History (FOGAH).
The Georgia Archives is a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The Georgia Archives identifies, collects, manages, preserves, provides access to, and publicizes records and information of Georgia and its people, and assists state and local government agencies with their records management.
If you have any questions, please email Penny Cliff before May 14 at [email protected].
