Civil Rights Activist Bob Zellner at UUSS
Posted by Rev Roger
Posted on July 28, 2026
* NEW: Click here to watch a recording of his talk at UUSS *
Saturday, Aug. 1, 7:00 pm, Main Hall. How does a white man born into the KKK become a civil rights activist?
Bob Zellner, 87, is visiting Sacramento from Alabama. Join us for a talk about his incredible life. Learn how each of us can find a place in the current struggles for justice. He joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on graduation from college in 1961.
His early life is dramatized in Spike Lee and Barry Alexander’s 2020 film “Son of the South.” Watch the film’s trailer at the bottom of this post.
Details at the Sunday Connections Table or adultenrichment@uuss.org. No charge, though freewill donations to Adult Enrichment are welcome.
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