A Conversation with Ronald McKeithen
Moderated by JCMP Director, Joi Brown and JCMP Research Fellows
An online event with Facebook Live
Friday, April 16, 2021
12:00 p.m.
As a community partner with the Jefferson County Memorial Project, Space One Eleven presents “Just Injust,” an exhibition of works created by artists who are responding to our nation’s history of racial injustice.
JCMP and Space One Eleven also partner to present: A Conversation with Ronald McKeithen, a featured artist in the exhibit. McKeithen was formerly incarcerated at William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Alabama, and has previously had artwork featured in JCMP’s Liberated Voices blog.
About the Jefferson County Memorial Project
JCMP is a grassroots coalition composed of over 45 community partners and a multi-racial, multi-faith, multi-sector, and multi-generational group of committed volunteers. Together, we will complete the four goals of JCMP:
- Research the 33 documented victims and their descendants
- Educate the public on the importance of this history
- Place historical markers at lynching sites and retrieve our monument from the National Memorial for Peace and Justice
- Advocate for reform where racial injustice still exists today
View the conversation here.