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Fifty years later: ‘I have a dream’

By Guest PostSeptember 3, 2013Politicsamerican history, civil rights, civil rights movement, dream forever, have a dream

U faculty and leaders reflect on the historic day and its aftermath

Fifty years ago, on August 28, 1963, a young preacher delivered a speech that would go down as one of the most important and powerful in all of American history. “I Have a Dream” became the cornerstone of the March on Washington, a march which galvanized a people and energized the civil rights movement. One year later, the Civil Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. (more…)

‘To the Mountaintop’: Journalist Discusses Social Justice Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

By Guest PostFebruary 18, 2013Culture, Politicsactivist, africa, african americans, aids, american culture, american dream, author, award winning journalist, charlayne hunter gault, civil rights movement, constitution, equity, future generations, highest hiv rates, hiv, james p comer, maggie, mainstream media, martin luther king, new haven, philosopher frantz fanon, public health, social justice, South Africa, success, timeless, to the mountaintop, transcendent, women of color, yale

Award-winning journalist, activist, and author Charlayne Hunter-Gault told a packed audience at Yale that lessons learned from the civil rights movement still have relevance for current and future generations.

Hunter-Gault delivered a lecture titled “Social Justice, Equity, and Public Health” during a Branford College master’s tea on Feb. 5. (more…)

New Book Traces Black Panthers’ Evolution from Local Activists to Global Anti-Imperialists

By Guest PostFebruary 6, 2013Culture, Politicsafrican american culture, african americans, algeria, american, american black power, american jazz artists, anti colonial activist, anti colonial movement, anti imperialist movement, anti war activists, assassination, black activist, black against empire, black history, black panther movement, black panther party, black panthers, black power, bobby seale, business as usual, california legislature, China, civil rights movement, civil war, communist revolutionary, criminal charges, Cuba, evolution, folk heroes, frantz fanon, free huey, global anti imperialists, history, huey newton, jim crow segregations, joshua bloom, local activists, los angeles chapter, lowndes county, malcolm x, mao zedong, marcus garvey, martin luther king, mulford act, new york chapter, non violent activism, oakland, pan africanism, panther angela, peoples republic, political asylum, political genius, political power, politics of containment, poverty, president nixon, prisoners of war, revolutionary struggles, robert hill, robin kelley, rural alabama, scot brown, sociology, stokely carmichael, tom hayden, ucla, united states, university of california, us government, viet cong, vietnam war, voluntary manslaughter, waldo e martin, zhou enlai

History has long denied the political genius of the Black Panther Party. At worst, its members have been cast as unconscionable criminals. At best, such seminal figures as party founders Huey Newton and Bobby Seale and early supporter Stokely Carmichael have been portrayed as outlaw folk heroes who, propelled by the progressive winds of the late 1960s, dared to take on the establishment.

But a UCLA graduate student in sociology who worked alongside former Panthers a decade ago as a community organizer in Oakland, Calif., didn’t buy the conventional wisdom. (more…)

Prewar Citizen Complaints to Government Explored in ‘This is Not Civil Rights’

By Guest PostNovember 3, 2012Politicsamericans, chicago press, civil liberties unit, civil rights law, civil rights movement, constitution, free speech, george lovell, gravity, Great depression, justice department, minority rights, national archives, political participation, political science, political spectrum, Politics, protect rights, rights talk, rights violations, roosevelt administration, supreme court, topic, university, us politics, uw today, White House, world war

George Lovell, UW associate professor of political science, is the author of “This Is Not Civil Rights: Discovering Rights Talk in 1939 America,” published in October by University of Chicago Press. He answered a few questions about his book for UW Today.

What is the basic concept behind “This is Not Civil Rights”?

The book examines more than 1,000 citizen complaint letters regarding rights from the late years of the Great Depression along with replies written by federal government officials. Looking at what people complained about, and how they tried to justify their claims, reveals how popular understandings of rights and the role of government develop over time. (more…)

‘Daughter of the Struggle’

By Guest PostFebruary 17, 2012Culture, Entertainmentcivil rights, civil rights leaders, civil rights movement, heroes

Ayanna Gregory celebrates heroes of civil rights movement

Wearing a mauve-colored dress with flared sleeves that flowed with each dance step, soul singer, educator and activist Ayanna Gregory celebrated the history of the American civil rights movement with an evening of song and spoken word before an enthusiastic audience on Wednesday evening, Feb. 15, in the Gore Recital Hall of the University of Delaware’s Roselle Center for the Arts. (more…)

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Fifty years later: ‘I have a dream’

‘To the Mountaintop’: Journalist Discusses Social Justice Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

New Book Traces Black Panthers’ Evolution from Local Activists to Global Anti-Imperialists

Prewar Citizen Complaints to Government Explored in ‘This is Not Civil Rights’

‘Daughter of the Struggle’