Memorial honoring Andrew Goodman on display at Red Gym

A permanent memorial honoring slain civil rights worker and former UW student Andrew Goodman is located in the Masley Room on the first floor of the Red Gym and Armory at 716 Langdon St.

It was formally dedicated at a memorial service held on April 11, 2000, and includes an inscription about Freedom Summer 1964, co-written by former Dean of Students Mary Rouse and Tim Tyson, associate professor of Afro-American Studies. Andrew Goodman enrolled at the UW as a freshman in 1961. He later transferred to a college near his home in New York City. He and two other voter registration volunteers were murdered in Mississippi in the summer of 1964. Former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen, 79, was charged on Jan. 7 with their murders, 40 years after they were beaten and shot to death.

A photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., taken on his only visit to the Madison campus in November 1965, hangs next to Goodman’s photo and the dedication plaque.

Members of the public are encouraged to stop by the Red Gym to view the memorial and the photo of Dr. King. The building is open from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. on weekdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturdays, and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sundays.

On Monday, Jan. 17, the Red Gym will be open from 10 a.m.-10 p.m., and the memorial will be available for viewing from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4-10 p.m.