A black National Guard officer who was the subject of racial discrimination will speak at William Woods University as part of its Martin Luther King Day celebration Monday.
All events are open to the public.
The Fulton High School Chamber Singers also will perform. Rogers is a history instructor at William Woods University. Another program is planned for Tuesday, Jan. 16, at 6 p.m. in the Library Auditorium. The 1939 Sharecroppers' Roadside Protest. Tate had complained that a sergeant under his command at the Fulton Armory in the spring of 1999 said she would not work for a black man, using a racial slur.