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SCRC is hosting an exhibit discussion and reception for\u00a0Before + Beyond 1968: Three Civil Rights Movements in America<\/em>\u00a0on Thursday Jan. 31, 2019. It will run from\u00a03:30 – 5:00 and will take place in the Seminar Room in\u00a0 SCRC, 2400 Fenwick.<\/p>\n

The featured speaker is Dr. Spencer Crew, George Mason University\u00a0Robinson Professor of\u00a0American,\u00a0African American, and\u00a0Public History, and exhibit curators will speak about the installation of the exhibit.<\/p>\n

There will be refreshments and food, as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCRC is hosting an exhibit discussion and reception for\u00a0Before + Beyond 1968: Three Civil Rights Movements in America\u00a0on Thursday Jan. 31, 2019. It will run from\u00a03:30 – 5:00 and will take place in the Seminar Room in\u00a0 SCRC, 2400 Fenwick. The featured speaker is Dr. Spencer Crew, George Mason University\u00a0Robinson Professor of\u00a0American,\u00a0African American, and\u00a0Public History, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,272,3,5,121,94],"tags":[436,171,536,111,312,421,3,548],"class_list":["post-8229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibits","category-gmu-fairfax-campus","category-news","category-scrc-interest","category-scrc-picks","category-university-archives","tag-20th-century","tag-civil-rights","tag-events","tag-exhibit","tag-exhibition","tag-history","tag-news","tag-reception"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vault217.gmu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CivilRightsExhibitRECEPTION2019.HP_.400.png?fit=400%2C240&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8Ep5i-28J","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8182,"url":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=8182","url_meta":{"origin":8229,"position":0},"title":"Before and Beyond 1968: Margaret Fuller","author":"admin","date":"January 7, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This post was written by Emily Rusch, Research Services Assistant. 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