Agenda Southern Regional Hearing Friday, March 11, 2005 • 9:00 A.M. to 4:15 P.M. Freewill Missionary Baptist Church 1724 Hill Street, Montgomery, AL Commission Members National Commissioners Charles Mathias, Honorary Chairman; Bill Lann Lee, Chairman; Hon. John Buchanan; Chandler Davidson; Dolores Huerta; Elsie Meeks; Charles Ogletree Guest Commissioners Hon. Denise Majette; Derryn Moten, Ph.D. States Covered Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas Click panelist's name to view testimony 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Chair: Call to Order • Welcome/Introduction of Commission 9:30 AM– 10:15 AM First Panel: Historical Overview • Dr. Gwendolyn Patton 10:15 AM– 10:20 AM BREAK – Set up for Next Panel 10:20 AM– 12:00 PM Second Panel: •Vernon Burton, Ph.D., University of Illinois & Senior Research Scientist, National Center for Supercomputing Applications • Mayor Frank Jackson, Prairie View, Texas • Richard Engstrom, Ph.D., University of New Orleans • Victor Landa, Southwest Voter Registration Education Project • Raoul Cunningham, NAACP, Louisville, KY 12:00 PM– 1:00 PM LUNCH BREAK 1:00 PM– 2:55 PM Third Panel: • Senator Bobby Singleton, Alabama State Senate • James Blacksher, Sole practitioner, Alabama • Helen Butler, Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda • Anita Earls, UNC Center for Civil Rights • Leslie Lobos, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund • Laughlin McDonald, ACLU Voting Rights Project 2:55 PM– 3:00 PM BREAK 3:00 PM– 4:00 PM Fourth Panel: Public Testimony 4:00 PM– 4:15 PM Closing Remarks/Adjournment Back to main page