9:00–9:30 a.m.

Opening Remarks and Session 1: Introduction to “This Moment of Reckoning” and Its Historical Context

Panelists:

• Dr. André L. Churchwell, vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, Vanderbilt University
• Dennis Dickerson, Reverend James M. Lawson Professor and professor of history, College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University

9:30–10:30 a.m.

Session 2: Fresh Scholarship and a Historian’s View

Moderator: Jon Meacham, Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Professor of American Presidency, Vanderbilt University

Panelists:

• Alice Randall, writer-in-residence, Department of African American and Diaspora Studies, College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University
• Bobby Lovett, Ph.D. historian, consultant, author, retired history professor, Tennessee State University
• Dennis Dickerson, Reverend James M. Lawson Professor and professor of history, College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University

10:45–11:45 a.m.

Session 3: News and Media’s Role in Nashville’s Civil Rights Movement

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Moderator: Vanessa Beasley, vice provost for academic affairs and dean of residential faculty, Vanderbilt University

Panelists:

• Dwight Lewis, author and retired reporter, columnist and editorial page editor for The Tennessean
• Pat Embry, director of media and community relations, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, and former executive editor of the Nashville Banner
• Yamiche Alcindor, white house correspondent, PBS NewsHour; NBC and MSNBC political contributor

12:30–2 p.m.

Session 4: Past Voices in Conversation with Current Activists

Moderator: Caroline Randall Williams, writer-in-residence in medicine, health and society, Vanderbilt University

Panelists:

• Angeline Butler, performing artist, educator and civil rights icon, adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City
• Charlane Oliver, co-executive director and co-founder, The Equity Alliance
• Jamil Smith, senior writer, Rolling Stone
• Justin Jones, activist and organizer
• Rev. James Lawson, Distinguished University Professor, Emeritus, at Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt Divinity School Distinguished Alumni/ae Award winner and Vanderbilt University Distinguished Alumnus

2–2:30 p.m.

Session 5: Summation: What We Have Learned and Thoughts About the Future

• Dr. André L. Churchwell, vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, Vanderbilt University
• Rev. Kelly Miller Smith Jr., pastor, First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, Nashville
• Rhonda Y. Williams, John L. Seigenthaler Professor of American History, professor of history, professor of African American and diaspora studies