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Austin: Ernest McMillan at Texas Authors Fall Jubilee


  • Bakery Emporium 1006 Congress Avenue Austin, TX, 78701 United States (map)

Join the Texas Authors Institute for the "Celebrating Texas Authors Fall Jubilee," a vibrant four-weekend event dedicated to Texas literature with the Texas Authors Institute of History.

Ernest McMillan, author of Kneeling and Standing, will discuss his work on November 2 & 3.


Ernest McMillan is a veteran human rights activist with a history of working through the 60's in Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and throughout the 80’s with the National Black United Front and the United League of Mississippi. McMillan served as the Chairman of the Dallas SNCC from 1967- 1969.