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HOUSATONIC RIVER WALK
W. E. B. DuBOIS RIVER GARDEN
DEDICATION PROCEEDINGS
WELCOME
Rev. Charles Van Ausdall
Pastor, First Congregational Church
Rachel Fletcher
Founding Director, Housatonic River Walk
Rev. Esther Dozier
Pastor, Clinton African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
MUSICAL SELECTION
Clinton African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Price Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
SPEAKER
Dr. David Graham Du Bois
President and C.E.O., W. E. B. Du Bois Foundation, Inc.
COMMENTARY
Dr. Randolph Bromery
Former Chancellor, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Dr. Warren Perry
Assoc. Professor of Anthropology, Central Connecticut State University
BREAK
MUSICAL SELECTION
Berkshire Farm Center and Services for Youth Chorus
Joallen Forte, Director
COMMENTARY
Bernard A. Drew
Past President, Great Barrington Historical Society
Dr. Emmanuel Dongala
Professor of Chemistry and Francophone African Literature
Simon's Rock College of Bard
Ms. Elaine S. Gunn
Former Teacher, Bryant Elementary School
Speaking for Ms. Ruth D. Jones and Frederick W. Lord
Members, Original W. E. B. Du Bois Memorial Committee, 1968-69
The Jubilee School of Philadelphia
Dr. Homer (Skip) Meade
Senior Area Director, National Evaluation Systems, Inc.
CLOSING REMARKS
Rachel Fletcher
MUSICAL SELECTION
Clinton African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Price Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BIOGRAPHIES OF THE PARTICIPANTS
Contributions to the
perpetual care of River Walk and
the Du Bois River Garden are tax-deductible and
may be sent to:
River Walk
P.O. Box 1018
Great Barrington, MA 01230
(413) 528-3391 river@gbriverwalk.org