Department of Social Work hosts Bonnie Boswell, celebrates Civil Rights leader Whitney Young Feb. 7-8

Boswell, Emmy-award winning journalist, will be on campus Feb. 7-8

Fort Worth, Texas

1/31/2011

As part of its annual Cecil H. and Ida Green Honors Chair program, the TCU Department of Social Work presents Bonnie Boswell as its featured speaker Feb. 7-8 to celebrate and honor Whitney Young, a leader in social work and promoter of the Civil Rights Movement. Bonnie Boswell, M.S., is an Emmy-award winning journalist and niece of Whitney Young, a social worker whose leadership during the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s brought visibility to the social work profession and whose Domestic Marshall Plan – part of President Johnson’s War on Poverty – focused on economic development emphasizing federal aid for African American youth. Boswell is the producer of The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights, a documentary that follows Young’s journey from segregated Kentucky to the national campaign for equal rights. Boswell will be on campus Feb. 7-8 to meet with social work classes, faculty and students from various campus organizations. Boswell will screen The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight for Civil Rights on Tuesday, Feb. 8, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Brown-Lupton University Union Ballroom, 2901 Stadium Drive. This event is free and open to the public. For more information about the event, call 817.257.7469. For more information about the film, visit www.whitneyyoungfilm.com.