Monday, October 11
8:45 a.m.
152nd Founders’ Week Celebration Kick-Off
Location: Historic Woodworth Chapel Plaza
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Crime Summit
Location: Auditorium | Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Moderator: The Honorable Zakiya Summers, Mississippi House of Representatives, District 68 - Hinds, Rankin
Invited Panelists: Local Community and Higher Education Leaders
5:00 pm.
Collaborative Partnerships Agreement Signing
Location: Auditorium | Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
6:00 p.m. Academic Symposium
Location: Auditorium | Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
Speaker: Jelani M. Favors, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History, Clayton State University
Author of “Shelter in a Time of Storm: How Black Colleges
Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism”
Tuesday, October 12
2:00 p.m.
Read-in with the Students
Location: Campus Green
5:00 p.m.
A documentary featuring the Tougaloo Nine: 60 Years of Commitment to Social Justice
Location: Auditorium | Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
6:00 p.m.
The Tougaloo Nine: Celebrating 60 Years of Commitment to Social Justice
Location: Historic Woodworth Chapel
Invited Moderator: Michael O’Brien
Panelists: Members of the Tougaloo Nine
Wednesday, October 13
10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
2021-2022 Student Government Association Officers’ Installation Ceremony
Location: Historic Woodworth Chapel
Miss Aurelia Caine, SGA President
Senior
Biology Major
Cleveland, MS
Mr. Montae’l Williams, SGA Vice President
Senior
English Major
Holly Grove, AR
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
120th Anniversary Celebration of the Historic Woodworth Chapel
“The Role of the Church in the Civil Rights Movement”
Location: Historic Woodworth Chapel
Panelists: Rev. Dr. Reginald Buckley, Pastor, Cade Chapel M.B. Church; Rev. Shirley Harrington, Minister of Social Justice, Cade Chapel M.B. Church; Rev. Dr. Hosea Hines, Pastor, Christ Tabernacle Church; Rev. Dr. CJ Rhodes, Pastor, Mt. Helm Baptist Church
6:00 p.m.
Presidential Distinguished Lecture Series
Location: Historic Woodworth Chapel
Speaker: Dr. Michelle Gourdine, Ph.D.
Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Population
Health and Primary Care University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) | Baltimore, Maryland
Formal Announcement of the
Dr. Isaac Fred Dale Endowed Scholarship
Location: Woodworth Chapel
Thursday, October 14
12:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.
Tougaloo College Giving Day
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
The Reuben V. Anderson Pre-Law Society and the National Bar Association
Host the Wiley Branton Civil Rights Symposium
Location: Auditorium | Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Tougaloo College, Medgar Evers Institute, and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Present: Distinguished Scholar, Lecturer, and Author Dr. Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
Princeton University | Princeton, NJ
Location: Woodworth Chapel
7:30 p.m.
Coronation of Miss and Mister Tougaloo College
Location: Kroger Gymnasium | Owens Health and Wellness Center
Haley Clark, Miss Tougaloo College
Senior
Biology Major
Jackson, MS
Timmy Bridgeman, Mister Tougaloo College
Senior
English Major
Canton, MS
Friday, October 15
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
High School Day
Location: Kroger Gymnasium
7:00 p.m.
2021 Annual Virtual Hall of Fame Banquet
Tougaloo College National Alumni Association
Honorees:
Attorney Amanda Green Alexander Taylor '98, Government and Law
Mr. Paul Douglas McQuirter '74, Business
Dr. Alfred McNair, Jr. '71, Medicine
Dr. LaTonya Washington '00, Medicine
Mrs. Freddi Williams Evans '77, Education
Saturday, October 16
8:30 a.m.
Annual TCNAA Board of Directors’ Meeting
Location: Auditorium | Bennie G. Thompson Academic and Civil Rights Research Center
11:00 a.m.
Celebrating the Silver Classes of 1995 and 1996 and
Golden Classes of 1970 and 1971
Location: Woodworth Chapel
Speaker: Mrs. Joyce Small Delk ’72
President, Tougaloo College National Alumni Association
11:00 a.m.
Annual Alumni Outing
Location: Dr. James Coleman Athletic Complex
5:00 p.m.
Earl Sanders Baseball Field Dedication Ceremony
Location: Dr. James Coleman Athletic Complex
Sunday, October 17
9:00 a.m. | 152nd Founders’ Convocation
Location: Historic Woodworth Chapel
Speaker: The Honorable Mamie E. Locke
Virginia State Senate, District 2
Political Science Professor, Hampton University
Hampton, VA
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Two Rivers Black-Tie Celebration
Location: Jackson Convention Complex
Speaker: The Reverend Dr. Howard-John Wesley
Pastor, Alfred Street Baptist Church
Alexandria, VA
