Speakers List

The Movement veterans listed here are available for speaking engagements. Schools, churches, youth groups, and other organizations who wish to hear first-hand from those who participated in the Civil Rights Movement can use this list to directly contact Movement veterans.

Students in particular have been very interested in the stories we've told and the experiences we've shared. Example responses from Calvin Simmons Middle School.

International
	Wendell Bailey	Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
	Joe Schwartz	London, UK
	Michael Simmons	Budapest, Hungary
	Jonathan Steele	London, UK
	John P. Tillman	Uppsala, Sweden
	Cliff Vaughs	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Alabama
	Hazel James Chatmon	Mobile
	Willy Siegel Leventhal	Montgomery
	Bob Mants	Lowndesboro
	Dr. Gwendolyn M. Patton	Montgomery
	Claire Patrese Sams	Montgomery
	Alice & Rachel West	Selma
Alaska
	George Winter	Ketchikan
Arizona
	Joseph Keesecker	Phoenix
California (Northern)
	Chude Pam Parker Allen	San Francisco
	Maris Arnold	Berkeley
	Frances M. Beal	Oakland
	Charles Berrard	Santa Cruz
	Stephen Bingham	San Rafael
	Jeffrey S. Brand	Berkeley
	Sydney Gurewitz Clemens	San Francisco
	Mimi Real Feingold	Mill Valley
	Hardy Frye	Berkeley
	Maria Gitin	Capitola
	David Goodyear	San Francisco
	Benjamin (Buz) Graham MD	Mendocino
	Jo Green	El Ceritto
	Bruce Hartford	San Francisco
	Matt Herron	San Rafael
	Peter Jan Honigsberg	San Francisco
	Stu House	Lafayette
	Don Jelinek	Berkeley
	Karen Jo Koonan	San Francisco
	Sherie Labedis	Roseville
	Michael Lesser	San Francisco
	Fred Mangrumn	Oakland
	Elizabeth Sutherland Martinez	San Francisco
	Mike Miller	San Francisco
	Jan Moore	Ukiah
	Talala Mshuja	Los Altos
	Daphne Muse	Oakland
	Martin Nicolaus	Berkeley
	Robert Pardun	Los Gatos
	Willie B. Wazir Peacock	Oakland
	Dennis Roberts	Oakland
	Jimmy Rogers	Oakland
	Carol Ruth Silver	San Francisco
	Nancy Scheper-Hughes	Berkeley
	Lew Sitzer	Nevada City
	Scott B. Smith Jr.	Montgomery
	Nancy Elaine Stoller	San Francisco
	Eleanor Walden	Berkeley
	Jean Wiley	Oakland
	Christopher Wilson	San Francisco
	Bright Winn	San Francisco
	Mitchell Zimmerman	Palo Alto
California (Central)
	George Ballis	Tollhouse (nr Fresno)
California (Southern)
	Jorgia Siegel Bordofsky	Santa Barbara
	Ken Cloke	Santa Monica
	Fatima Cortez	Los Angeles
	Cathy Deppe	Los Angeles
	Ferd Eggan	Los Angeles
	Michael Everett	Santa Monica
	Ralph David Fertig	Los Angeles
	Janet Heinritz-Canterbury	Los Angeles
	Solomon J. Herbert	Winnetka
	Lanny Kaufer	Ojai
	Maggie Magee	Palm Desert
	Eric Mann	Los Angeles
	Frances O'Brien (Fran)	Frazier Park
	Peggy Dammond Preacely	San Pedro
	Jessie L. Sherrod	Los Angeles
	Helen Singleton	Playa Vista
	Robert Singleton	Los Angeles
	Brenda Travis	Apple Valley
Colorado
	Terry Sullivan	Denver
	Loren Weinberg	Boulder
Connecticut
	Robert (Bob) Ostrow	Niantic
District of Columbia see Washington DC
Florida
	Deborah D. Brooks	Miami
	Charlie Cobb	Jacksonville
	Rodney L. Hurst Sr.	Jacksonville
	Gabe Kaimowitz	Gainesville
Georgia
	Franklin D. Bobrow-Williams	East-Central
	Dr. Albert Paul Brinson	College Park
	Newton Collier	Macon
	Rev. R.B. Cottonreader	Decatur
	Laura Virginia Davis-Fench	Covington
	Frank Holloway	Riverdale
	Lonnie King Jr.	Atlanta
	Ralph E. Luker	Atlanta
	Sam Mahone	Atlanta
	Eric Morton	Atlanta
	Charles Person	Atlanta
	General Larry Platt	Atlanta
	Joyce Russell Terrell	Atlanta
	Lula Joe Williams	Decatur
Hawaii
	Marsha Joyner	Honolulu
	Vincent K. Pollard	Honolulu
	Carl Se-Keung 'Imiola Young	Wai'anae
Illinois
	Jane Adams	Carbondale
	J. Quinn Brisben	Chicago
	Bob Brown	Chicago
	Jerry DeMuth	Chicago
	Aviva Futorian	Chicago
	Jim Keck	Forest Park
	Peter Orris	Chicago
	Fannie Theresa Rushing	Chicago
Indiana
	Emory Davis, Jr.	Indianapolis
	Arlene Dunn	LaCrosse
	George Smith	Ft. Wayne
Iowa
	Patti Miller	Fairfield
Kentucky
	Ira Grupper	Louisville
Louisiana
	Raphael Cassimere Jr.	New Orleans
	Gwendolyn Iles-Foster	Alexandria
	Kalamu ya Salaam	New Orleans
Maine
	Peter Kellman	New Berwick
Maryland
	Nina Boal	Columbia
	Bob Brown	Baltimore
	Travis Britt	Mt. Rainier
	Russell C. Campbell	Takoma Park
	Betty Garman	Baltimore
	Gwendolyn Greene	Mt. Rainier
	Bob Moore	Baltimore
	Larry Rubin	Takoma Park
	Stu Wechsler	Annapolis
	Grenville B. Whitman	Rock Hall
Massachusetts
	Gloria Xifaras Clark	New Bedford
	George E Davis	West Medford
	Maggie Nolan Donovan	Harwich Port
	David Gass	Lynn
	David Kotz	North Hampton
	James Marshall	Brookline
	Charles (Cappy) Pinderhughes, Jr.	Boston
	Richard Stephenson	Lexington
	Morton Thomas	Boston
	Molly Lynn Watt	Cambridge
Michigan
	John W. Hardy	Detroit
Minnesota
	Heather Baum	St. Paul
	Robert Baum	St. Paul
	Charles McDew	West St. Paul
	Marion Helland	Golden Valley
	Charles Leck	Maple Plain (Minneapolis)
	Joe Morse	Winona
	Claire O'Connor	Minneapolis
	Jerry Von Korff	St. Cloud
Mississippi
	Frankye Adams-Johnson	Jackson
	Owen H. Brooks	Jackson
	Dianna Freelon-Foster	Grenada
	Charles McLaurin	Indianola
	Jean Walker Rawlings	Ruleville
	William D. Scott, III	Holly Springs
	Harriet Terry Tanzman	Jackson
	Gene C. Young	Jackson
Missouri
	Sheila Michaels	St. Louis
Montana
	Franklin D. Bobrow-Williams	Missoula
	E. Marie Gertge	Lewistown
Nebraska
	Seku (Chico) Neblett	Omaha
New Hampshire
	James Kates	Fitzwilliam
New Jersey
	Sandra Elaine Adickes	South Brunswick (& Philly area)
	Sam Friedman	Highland Park
	Bob Fullilove	Englewood
	Jospeh Harris	Teaneck
	Eric Lerner	West Orange
	Junius W. Williams	Newark
New Mexico
	Spes Dolphin	Santa Fe
	Allen Cooper	Albuquerque
	George Albertz	Chester
New York (Greater NYC Metro Area)
	Ben Chaney	Manhattan
	Bell Gale Chevigny	Manhattan
	Jo Freeman	Brooklyn
	Nell Braxton Gibson	Manhattan
	Peter Geffen	Manhattan
	Poul Jensen	Great Neck, NY
	Martin Gittelman	Manhattan
	Yvonne Hilton	Brooklyn
	Colia Liddell Lafayette Clark	Manhattan
	Mark Levy	Manhattan
	John McAuliff	Manhattan
	Sheila Michaels	Manhattan
	Alfred Moldovan, MD	Manhattan
	Johnny E. Parham, Jr.	Manhattan
	Jim Peppler	West Babylon (Long Island)
	Stephen Rose	Manhattan
	Danny Schechter	Manhattan
	Bernice Sims	Long Island
	Muriel Tillinghast	Brooklyn
	Bob Wechsler	Manhattan
	Barbara Jean Williams	Jamaica
New York State (Outside NYC Metro Area)
	Patricia Barbanell	Albany
	Kenneth L. Dean	Rochester
	Ed Dubinsky	Hermon
	Joan Leven Mandle	Hamilton
	Paul T. Murray	Albany
	Bob Zellner	Southhampton
North Carolina
	Rubye Howard Braye	Wilmington
	Theresa El-Amin	Durham
	Chuck Fager	Fayetteville
	John Frazier	Raleigh
	Errol MacGregor Clauss	Clemmons
	Dick J. Reavis	Raleigh
	Carol Rogoff	Asheville
Ohio
	Hellen O'Neal-McCray	Yellow Springs
	Flonzie Brown Wright	Germantown
Oklahoma
	Patricia Anderson	Cleveland
Oregon
	Ruth Koenig	Eugene
	Karen Haberman	Portland
Pennsylvania
	Debbie Amis Bell	Philadelphia
	Barnard Dinkin	Elkins Park
	David Doggett	Philadelphia
	Sala Udin	Pittsburgh
	Dr. Floyd A. Young, Esq.	Reading
Rhode Island
	John Reynolds	Foster
	David Riley	Providence
South Carolina
	Franklin D. Bobrow-Williams	West-Central
	Harvey Jones	Huger
	M. LaNelle Kohn	Columbia
	Efia Nwangaza	Greenville
	Priscilla Robinson	Charleston
Tennessee
	Mark Weiss, Ph.D.	Memphis
Texas
	Ernest McMillan	Houston
	Mary Jo Osgood	Austin
	Mario Marcel Salas	San Antonio
	Deborah R. Warner	San Antonio
Virginia
	Jacqueline Dash	Richmond
	Andrew Heidelberg	Hampton
	Bruce Smith	Woodbridges
	Edward Spannaus	Lovettsville
Vermont
	Ruth Levin Gramolini	Plainfield
	Stephen Green	Montpelier
	Penny Patch	Lyndonville
	Wally Roberts	Williamstown
	Stephen Saltonstall	Sandgate
Washington DC (Greater Metro Area)
	Nina Boal	Columbia, MD
	Heather Tobis Booth	Washington, DC
	Travis Britt	Mt. Rainier, MD
	Russell C. Campbell	Takoma Park, MD
	Jo Freeman	Washington
	Polly Greenberg	Washington, DC
	Gwendolyn Greene	Mt. Rainier, MD
	Jim Loewen	Washington
	Larry Rubin	Takoma Park, MD
	Stu Wechsler	Annapolis, MD
Washington (State)
	Sen. Adam Kline	Seattle
	Roger Lauen	Bainbridge Island
West Virginia
	Joan C. Browning	Ronceverte
	Faith Holsaert	Westover
Wisconsin
	Edward Kale	La Pointe
	Robert S. Newbery	Madison
	Franklynn Peterson	Madison
	Mary Sue Short	Waukesha
	Nomusa Xaba	Milwaukee

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