#TBT 1961 arrest photo of CORE member David J. (Dave) Dennis Sr. as a Freedom Rider The Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University is pleased to announce that David J. (Dave) Dennis Sr. will be the keynote speaker for the 53rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Virtual Birthday Convocation at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. The event will be streamed via Facebook at JacksonStateU. Dennis is a civil rights veteran who has worked and fought for 60 years to help people gain their civil and human rights in Mississippi and Louisiana. He was one of the original Freedom Riders that rode from Montgomery, Alabama, to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1961. He served as field secretary for the Congress of Racial Equality and co-director of the Council of Federated Organizations and helped organize Freedom Summer in 1964. For more information, visit the JSU Newsroom. jsumsnews.com Photo source: The Mississippi Department of Archives and History #JacksonState #JacksonStateUniversity #DrKing ...