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Smith-Brown Commemoration

Smith-Brown Commemoration Events

Monday, November 14

Smith-Brown Archival Exhibit 

9 a.m.-10 p.m. (Open through Friday, November 18)
Southern University 
Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union 
Mocha Room

 

The Impact of the Loss of Denver Smith: A Community Conversation

Noon
West Baton Rouge Parish Museum
845 N Jefferson Ave.
Port Allen, LA 70767

Presented by the West Baton Rouge Parish Museum

 

"American Reckoning: Who Killed Wharlest Jackson" PBS Frontline Documentary and Panel

6 p.m.
Southern University 
Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union 
Royal Cotilion Ballroom

Panelists

  • Ada Goodly-Lampkin, director, Louis A. Berry Institute for Civil Rights and Justice at the Southern University Law Center
  • Chester Stephens, former SU student activist 
  • Yoruba Richen, filmmaker (virtual)
  • Brad Lichenstein, filmmaker  (virtual)
  • Stanley Nelson, filmmaker (virtual panelist)
  • Denise Ford, daughter of Wharlest Jackson’s daughter (virtual)

 

Wednesday, November 16

 

Pilgrimage from the Southern University Museum of Art to the Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union

9 a.m.

 

Symposium

10 a.m.-Noon
Southern University
Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union
Royal Cotilion Ballroom

 

10 a.m.“Blood on the Bluff”
Documentary and Presentation by Donney Rose, SU alumnus, writer and Kennedy Center Fellow

 

10:45 a.m.-Noon
Panel

Moderated by Brandi B. Harris, SU alumna and WBRZ-2 anchor
Denver Terrance, SU alumnus and nephew of Denver Smith
Nelson Smith, brother of Denver Smith
Shunda Wallace, daughter of Leonard Brown
Dr. Valaray Irvin, SU alumna and SU Counseling Center director
Edward Pratt, SU alumnus, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries press secretary, and award-winning columnist

 

Student Roundtable: Where Do We Go from Here?

2-3 p.m.
Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union
Royal Cotillion Ballroom

Facilitators:
Denver Terrance, SU alumnus and nephew of Denver Smith
Donney Rose, SU alumnus and activist
Myra Richardson, SU student and activist
Walter "Geno" McLaughlin, SU alumnus and activist

 

A Cold Case Investigation: Episode 50 On this 50th Anniversary of the Deaths of SU Students Denver Smith & Leonard Brown, We Gather to Explore Social Context

5 p.m.
Old State Capitol, Downtown Baton Rouge

Presented by the Louisiana State Conference of the NAACP, Southern University Law Center Professor Angela Bell and law students.