Thunder of Freedom News

Thunder of Freedom: Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi
by Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner with Cheryl Reitan, Foreword by John Dittmer
University Press of Kentucky, January 2013. NOW AVAILABLE

June 20, 2013 event, 7 pm, African American Civil War Memorial and Museum
Download Poster | Download Photograph of Sue and Cheryl | Download Book Cover

poster Click to download Event Poster

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Holmes County, Mississippi Civil Rights Movement at the African American Civil War Memorial and Museum, Thursday, June 20, 2013, 7-9 pm

Presentation: Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)

Welcome: Frank Smith, African American Civil War Museum

Speakers: Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner and Cheryl Reitan

Books will be sold by Teaching for Change, http://bbpbooks.teachingforchange.org/

Refreshments will be served. AACWM: 1925 Vermont Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001 | 202-667-2667

May 2013

"Breaking the Color Barrier, Holmes County, Mississippi" --- May 8

The presentation, "Breaking the Color Barrier, Holmes County, Mississippi" will be held at 4:30 p.m., on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, in the Kirby Ballroom at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD). Rev. Zelpha Montgomery Whatley, a Holmes County, Mississippi community leader who experienced the county's civil rights movement, will join Duluth writers and activists Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner and Cheryl Reitan.

The event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by Center for Genocide, Holocaust, and Human Rights Studies. Co-sponsors include African American Student Services and the Campus Climate Initiative.

The book, Thunder of Freedom: Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi, by Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner with Cheryl Reitan, (University Press of Kentucky, 2013) will be available for sale.

Reception to Celebrate the Life and Works of Sue Sojourner --- May 10

The Peace Church Gallery is hosting an exhibit of documentary photography by Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner from May 1-June 1, 2013. The exhibit images are from the new book Thunder of Freedom: Black Leadership and the Transformation of 1960s Mississippi by Sue with Cheryl Reitan. A reception and book signing will be held at Peace Church at 7 pm on Friday, May 10 in the Fireside Room and Art Gallery. Special guest Rev. Zelpha Montgomery Whatley, a Holmes County, Mississippi community leader who experienced the county's civil rights movement, will join Sojourner and Reitan in saying a few words at the reception.

March 2013

"The Story of ‘Thunder of Freedom,’ from the Congressional Challenge to the 1967 Elections" with Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner and Cheryl Reitan. March 18, 5 pm, Polymer Science Auditorium, Room 101, University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg. A book signing will follow the presentation.

March 21, 4-6 pm, "Thunder of Freedom" booksigning, Conference of the Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, Tougaloo College, Jackson, MS.

March 22, 2:30 pm, Workshop at the Conference of the Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, Tougaloo College, Jackson, MS. “Holmes County --- The Some People of That Place-Our Story” with Zelpha Montgomery-Whatley, Representative Robert G. Clark, Walter Bruce, Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner, and Cheryl Reitan

March 22, 4-6 pm, "Thunder of Freedom" Booksigning, Conference of the Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, Tougaloo College, Jackson, MS.

March 28, Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner reads to local school children in Holmes County schools.

March 29, 12 noon luncheon, "50th Anniversary of the First 14’s Attempt to Register to Vote," with Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner and Holmes County Civil Rights veterans and descendants, Multipurpose Complex, 22521 Depot Street, Lexington, Miss. For info, contact Zelpha Whatley, 662-834-0342.

February 2013

Mixed Blood Theatre --- Feb. 24

1501 S 4th St., Minneapolis, Minn. Sunday, February 24, 6:30-8:30 pm, presentation at 7 pm. Reading and Book Signing with Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner --- Cheryl Reitan --- and Shauna JeMai Ames, daughter of Holmes County leader, Zelma Williams Croom
Refreshments provided. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.

At Sara's Table Chester Creek Cafe --- Feb. 17

902 E 8th St, Duluth, Minn. Sunday, February 17, 7-9 pm, presentation at 8 pm
To honor the event, a soul food dinner will be on the menu for lunch and dinner. Reservations recommended. 218-724-6811. Reading and Book Signing with Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner --- Cheryl Reitan Refreshments provided. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.

-------------

Feb 3 - KUMD Radio - Women's Words

HEAR SUE READ

January 2013

Sue Sojourner will speak at Marshall School in Duluth at 2:30 pm on Tuesday, January 22. She will talk about the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement as the featured speaker for a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day assembly. The public is invited.

----------

PAST EVENTS

January 17, 2013. 5 pm. Sue and Cheryl discuss Thunder of Freedomon KQDS radio's "People of Color" with Henry Banks show..

January 18, 2013. 7 pm. Sue read from Thunder of Freedom at FRIDAY NIGHT WITH MLK: Duluth's Got Talent, Denfeld High School Auditorium.

January 19, 2013. 6:30 pm. Sue read from Thunder of Freedom at WAR, PEACE & HUMAN NEEDS: A New Way Beyond the Darkness Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Duluth.

Photos by Sue [Lorenzi] Sojourner

Sue Sojourner | suesojourner.com | 218-269-7588 | susojo@yahoo.com

Cheryl Reitan | cheryl@cherylreitan.com | www.cherylreitan.com