This symposium took place in the John L. Buskey Building, Denise Chapman Aduitorium. The panelists for this symposium explored important details about the role of students in the march, the voting rights campaign, and the wider freedom movement. The first panel included Moderator – Dr. Dorothy Autrey, Chair, History and Political Science Department at Alabama State University, Panelists: Willie Ricks, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and Gwen Patton, Tuskegee Institute Senior Class President/Tuskegee Institute
Advancement League (TIAL).