1961 Freedom Riders' Foundation
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Update Message from Carol Ruth Silver,
Freedom Rider,
Chair of the 40th Anniversary Reunion, November 8-11, 2001:
After the 2001 Reunion celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides, various minor updates were made to this site, and one major one: posting of the Proclamation which was issued by the Governor of Mississippi declaring Freedom Riders Day in Mississippi. (Other than introducing a few typos, his staff presented the Proclamation to him, and he signed it, exactly as it had been written by me and sent to his office a few days before.)
I want to thank and acknowledge Craig Newmark for being our first webmaster and for hosting this site on craigslist.com. I also want to thank and acknowledge David Lisker, who acted as CEO of the Reunion, and in every respect performed effectively and cheerfully under very difficult circumstances.
Many booksignings and presentations in 2015, too many to list. Top highlight was Litquake, the premier San Francisco week-long book festival, where we learned that this book is not only a historical artifact but is part of a literary genre: The Non-Traditional Memoir.
Calendar For 2014 Book Launch
Booksignings and other Appearances at following locations and times (Note: signed books will also be available at bookstores for purchase after the Booksigning event):
Monday, 1/26/15 – SF Waldorf School assembly, 470 West Portal Av SF 94127, 11:15 AM, Speak, read, sign books
Wednesday, 1/21/15 - Salt Lake City JCC and The King's English Bookshop, 7:00 PM, at SLC JCC, 2 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 801-484-9100, Discussion and book signing by Carol Ruth Silver
Saturday, 1/10/15 – East Valley JCC, 7:00 PM, 908 N. Alma School Rd, Chandler (Phoenix), Arizona 85224. With Claude Liggins. Talk and reading, reception after. $10 to $35 charitable donation suggested.
Saturday 10/25/14 – Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading, Featured Author, 10:00 AM, 140 - 7th Av So, Saint Petersburg, Florida
Friday 10/24/14 – Award ceremony as recipient of the 2014 Eudora Welty Book Prize for Southern Literature, 9:00 AM, Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, Mississippi
Thursday 10/9/14 – SF Bay Area National Lawyers Guild (NLG), 5:30 PM, 50 California St, Su 3400, San Francisco
Wednesday 10/7/14 – Lincoln Democratic Club, 7:00 PM, Roseville, California
Sunday 9/21/14 $$ Speaking out for SOLAR, 3:00 PM, 2940 -16th St, San Francisco
Tuesday 5/27/14 – Newark at Rutgers University B&N bookstore at 2-4 PM – 110 Warren St, Newark NJ 07102
Monday 5/19/14 – Folio Books at 7:00 PM 3957- 24th St, San Francisco CA 94114 (415) 821-3477
Thursday 4/24/14 – University of Chicago B&N Bookstore at 3-5 PM – 970 E. 58th St, Chicago 60637
Saturday 4/5/14 – At Meeting of Civil Rights Veterans – 11:00 AM Oakland, CA
Sunday 3/30/14 – St Lukes Church at 10:00 AM 1755 Clay St, San Francisco, CA
Monday 3/10/14 $$Boston at Barnes & Noble Framingham, at 7:00 PM —1 Worcester Road, Framingham, Mass 01701 – 508.622.2823
Thursday 3/6/14 – New York at Books Culture, 7:00 PM —536 West 112th St $$(in Morningside Heights, near Broadway), New York 10025 – 212.865.1588
Tuesday 3/4/14–Los Angeles– Barnes & Noble Santa Monica at 6:00 PM —3rd St Promenade store, 1201 – 3rd Street (at Wilshire Blvd), Santa Monica, CA 90401 - 310.260.9110
Tuesday 3/4/14 – Los Angeles at Barnes & Noble Burbank at 12 Noon – 731 N San Fernando Blvd, Burbank CA 91502 – 818.558.1383
Monday 3/3/14–San Francisco at Books Inc Opera Plaza at 7:00 PM – 601 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco 94102 (parking underneath, entrances on both Turk and Golden Gate; sorry no validation) - 415.776.1111
And
Any 2nd or 4th Monday of the month in 2014, at 4:00 PM Pacific– Please join us for a Conference Call Salon, with author and friends – Freedom Circle Hour. This is your opportunity to ask any question, make any comment -- just call in; no access code necessary: 415 891-1150.