In the national news, the passing of civil rights leader Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth recalls not just a long and vital history of struggle and triumph but also, on a smaller, more personal level, for many AGLSP folks, the excellent annual meeting held in Memphis a few years ago where many of our panels, keynote talks, and excursions focused on this history. We might remember from that program, for example, the witness offered us by Rev. Billy Kyles, who was with Dr. Martin Luther King during the last hour of his life, or the storming of the stage during a Nat King Cole concert that historian Michael T. Bertrand described for us as part of his talk on the roles music played in the unfolding of cultural change. Hey, thanks again to The University of Memphis University College for hosting that conference for all of us in AGLSP.
