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UW’s African-American and Diaspora Studies launches new speaker series named for Liz Byrd

Uncategorized | January 17, 2012

Wyoming State Sen. Harriet Elizabeth “Liz” Byrd (left) looks on as Gov. Mike Sullivan signs the legislation establishing the Martin Luther King, Jr./Equality Day holiday in 1990. Sen. Byrd worked for almost a decade to get the legislation enacted. 
From a University of Wyoming press release:

To recognize her many contributions to Wyoming, both as an educator and legislator, UW African American and Diaspora Studies (AADS) recently created the Harriet Elizabeth “Liz” Byrd Speaker Series. AADS is working to raise $25,000 to endow the series, which will bring minority educators and speakers to UW and serve to honor the woman who sponsored legislation that, in 1990, established Martin Luther King, Jr./Wyoming Equality Day as a state holiday.

Liz Byrd in the classroom

“I can’t think of a better person to represent the University of Wyoming,” says AADS Director Tracey O. Patton. “She’s emblematic of what we all hope to accomplish in life. I think every person on this planet would like to affect positive change for the world. Very few of us get to do that but she did. She has made lives better in the state of Wyoming.”

http://www.uwyo.edu/profiles/extras/liz-byrd.html

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