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The 1619 Project and the Matter of Black Lives ♥
ZoomTopic The 1619 Project and the Matter of Black Lives Description The 1619 Project retells the history of the U.S. by foregrounding the arrival 401 years ago of enslaved Africans to Virginia. What is the impact of slavery on the country’s founding principles, economy, health care system, educational institutions, popular music and visual representations? Join…
The Black Liberation Movement & Radical Community Education ♥
ZoomThe Black Liberation Movement and Radical Community Education Description Moderator: Krystal Tribbett (UCI Libraries) Speakers: • Ericka Huggins (Former Leader of the Black Panthers, Human Rights Activist and Poet) • Angela LeBlanc-Ernest (Independent Scholar and Documentary Filmmaker of the Oakland Community School and the Intersectional Black Panther Party Research Project) • Damien Sojoyner (Anthropology) •…
Financial Legacies: Slavery and the History of Banking ♥
ZoomFinancial Legacies: Slavery and the History of Banking Description Moderator: • Keaanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Princeton) Speakers: • Bill Maurer (Social Sciences) • Peter Hudson (UCLA) • Mehrsa Baradaran (UCI Law) Discussion Facilitators: • Tonya Bradford (Business) • Mrinalini Tankha (Portland State University)This event is 60 minutes. All are welcome to stay for a bonus 30 minute…
Financial Legacies: Slavery and the History of Banking ♥ ✚
ZoomA redlining map of Los Angeles in 1939. Financial Legacies: Slavery and the History of Banking October 22, 2020 5:00p.m. - 6:30p.m. Zoom Bill Maurer (UCI Social Sciences), Peter Hudson (UCLA), Mehrsa Baradaran (UCI Law) Register: http://socs.ci/1619financiallegacies Moderator: Keaanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Princeton) Speakers: Bill Maurer (Social Sciences) Peter Hudson (UCLA) Mehrsa Baradaran (UCI Law) This event…
African American Music: The Sound of Freedom’s Journey ♥ ✚
ZoomAfrican American Music: The Sound of Freedom’s Journey Description Using the 1619 Project’s “Episode 3: The Birth of American Music” as a launching point, this panel explores innovation in musical expressions from spirituals to jazz and contemporary music, investigating freedom as a process in motion, not as a destination. Speakers: • Dawn Norfleet (Music) and…
The 1619 Project: A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones Q&A facilitated by Professor Erika Hayasaki, Literary Journalism ♥
ZoomThe 1619 Project: A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones Q&A facilitated by Professor Erika Hayasaki, Literary Journalism Description Informal Q and A with students Time Oct 29, 2020 02:00 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)
The 1619 Project: A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones ♥
ZoomThe 1619 Project: A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones Description Tune in to hear acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones talk about “The 1619 Project,” the groundbreaking study of the role played by slavery in American history and life. Niokle Hannah-Jones will be interviewed by UCI Law Professor Mehrsa Baradaran, a co-author of “The 1619 Project.” Nikole Hannah-Jones…
1520 and the Slave Trade to the Americas ♥
Topic 1520 and the Slave Trade to the Americas Description Perhaps one of the most surprising aspects of the 1619 commemorations is that few people realize that the earliest known slaving voyages to sail directly from Africa to the Americas actually landed in the United States 500 years ago. The ship Santa María de la…
Detroit ’67 ♥
Detroit '67 Written By Dominique Morisseau Directed by Margaret Kemp Stage Management by Bri Westad February 3 - 7, 2021 Online In 1967 Detroit, Motown music is getting the party started, and Chelle and her brother Lank are making ends meet by turning their basement into an after-hours joint. But when a mysterious woman finds…
Detroit ’67 ♥
Detroit '67 Written By Dominique Morisseau Directed by Margaret Kemp Stage Management by Bri Westad February 3 - 7, 2021 Online In 1967 Detroit, Motown music is getting the party started, and Chelle and her brother Lank are making ends meet by turning their basement into an after-hours joint. But when a mysterious woman finds…