Foster Dickson: "Using The Past To Reshape The Future"
Foster Dickson is a writer, editor and teacher in Montgomery, Alabama. He is the author of three books: Kindling Not Yet Split (Court Street Press, 2002), I Just Make People Up: Ramblings with Clark Walker (NewSouth Books, 2009), and The Life and Poetry of John Beecher (Edwin Mellen Press, 2009), and the general editor of Treasuring Alabama's Black Belt (AUM/AHF, 2009).
"Using the Past To Reshape The Future: A Civil Rights Education Summit" was held at the Troy University Rosa Parks Library and Museum from August 1-3, 2007. Though he played only a minor role in helping to organize it, Foster Dickson was in attendance with others from all over America to discuss how to teach the Civil Rights movement to young people in meaningful ways.
Foster Dickson is a writer, editor and teacher in Montgomery, Alabama. He is the author of three books: Kindling Not Yet Split (Court Street Press, 2002), I Just Make People Up: Ramblings with Clark Walker (NewSouth Books, 2009), and The Life and Poetry of John Beecher (Edwin Mellen Press, 2009), and the general editor of Treasuring Alabama's Black Belt (AUM/AHF, 2009).
"Using the Past To Reshape The Future: A Civil Rights Education Summit" was held at the Troy University Rosa Parks Library and Museum from August 1-3, 2007. Though he played only a minor role in helping to organize it, Foster Dickson was in attendance with others from all over America to discuss how to teach the Civil Rights movement to young people in meaningful ways.