• Jan. 15: “50 Years: Tucson’s African American Community will be held 7-9 p.m. A screening of the documentary film “In Their Own Words: The 1960s Civil Rights Movement in Tucson” and a panel discussion with Charles Ford, former Tucson Vice Mayor and retired Tucson Unified School District principal, and Cressworth Lander, a native Tucsonan and president of the Dunbar Coalition.

The video below offers an abbreviated version of the program.

Feb. 12: “50 Years: Tucson’s Native American Community” will be held 4-6 p.m. A discussion about Arizona, the Supreme Court and legal cases affecting and involving tribal members law cases, Arizona during the civil rights era with Robert A. Williams, Jr., the E. Thomas Sullivan Professor of Law and American Indian Studies at the UA James E. Rogers College of Law. https://www.youtube.com/embed/G593uE4SQdE?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent

March 7: “50 Years: Tucson’s LGBTQ Community” will be held 7-9 p.m. A discussion with Adela Licona, an associate professor in the UA’s English department; Stephen Russell, who directs the Frances McClelland Institute; and Jamie Lee, a doctoral student in the UA School of Information Resources and Library Science.

April 29: “50 Years: Tucson’s Mexican American Community” is a discussion with Lupe Castillo, a faculty member at Pima Community College, and Margo Cowan, a Pima County public defender.

Click here to listen to the audio of this program.