Jackie Washington will face the police once again Sunday night.

This time, however, the confrontation will be part of a panel discussion on "Civil Rights and the Boston Police," to be held in the Arlington Street Church, 355 Boylston St., at 7 p.m.

Washington, the Negro folksinger who has appealed his conviction on charges of assault and battery against a police officer, will appear along with representatives of the police department.

Other panel members will include Richard Banks, vice-president of the NAACP; State Rep. William P. Homans, Jr. (D-Cambridge); Kermit Morrisey, assistant to the president of Brandeis University; and representatives of three Boston newspapers.