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Remembering “Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Source: UNC Press Blog
Randal Maurice Jelks
When the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) staff received the handwritten “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and publicized it, the letter became almost instantly canonical. Long before the advent of social media, SCLC’s marketers swiftly put
Letter From the Birmingham Jail 50 Years Later
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Source: Tell Me More (NPR)
Tuesday marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter From Birmingham Jail, one of the most iconic documents of the civil rights movement. Host Michel Martin explores the letter's historical significance, and what it means 50 years later.
Does the blanket “Don’t Go to Graduate School!” Advice Ignore Race and Reality?
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Source: Chronicle of Higher Education
Tressie McMillan Cottom
When I decided to return to graduate school, I was about as devoid of prestige as one can be. I was old; I was from a no-name undergraduate university (worse, maybe, an HBCU!); I lacked social capital (my undergraduate performance was
Book Discussion on Black Against Empire
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Source: C-Span
Waldo Martin and Joshua Bloom talked about their book, Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party. The authors recalled the organization’s founding, its proliferation of offices in over sixty cities across the country, and its political ideologies and
The Forbidden History of the Black Panther Party
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Source: Utne Reader
Black Against Empire (University of California Press, 2013) is the first comprehensive overview and analysis of the history and politics of the Black Panther Party. Authors Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin, Jr., analyze key political questions, such as why so many young black
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