Century. They discuss in detail the work of longtime district president s rosa parks and congressman john conyers. This event was part of the association for the study of African American life and historys annual conference. They also provided the video. We have three panelists today. I think i have this order right. Doctor danielle mcguire, is a great friend from grad school and colleagues. She is a author and historian and independent scholar now. Shes the author of the path of breaking and deeply influential book, at the dark end of the street. We also have, ive lost track of whos gone, i think its kalonji whos going next. Doctor kalonji walton who is the director of global black studies at western carolina. Our third panelist is doctor David Goldberg, who isnt associated associate professor at wayne state university. The term comment or today is jamon jordan, who is the ditch the president of the detroit chapter of a sala. He is a tour leader and historian of all things African Ame
Influential book the end of the street. And i think it is kalonji going next. Dr. Kalonji walton professor at north carolina. And dr. David goldberg, an associate professor at Wayne State University. The chair and commenter today is jamon jordan, who is the detroit president of the detroit chapter of asala and tour leader and historian on all things detroit. A Community Scholar out of detroit. A wonderful set of folks going to help us think about politics in detroit and michigan and how to make sense of that. So im going to throw it over to the panel now. Again, thank you for being here. Right, thank you, patrick. Hello, everybody. My name is jamon jordan. Real quick before we start with the panel. I want to thank everybody for coming to this session and hearing a little bit about detroits politics, and particularly the radical politics. And i think, of course, i thank my panel for being here. I want to say even though its conyers were talking about the mid 20th century up until the be
Conference. They also provided the video. We have three panelists today. I think i have this order right. Dr. Danielle mcguire who is a great friend from grad school and colleague. She is an author and historian and an independent scholar now and the author of tat the dark end of the street. We also have i have lost track of who is going. I think its kalonji is going next. Dr. Kalonji walton who is the director of global black studies at western carolina. And our third panelist is dr. David goldberg who is an associate professor at Wayne State University. The chair and commenter today is jamon jordan who is a the detroit president of the detroit chapter of asalh and a tour leader and historian of all things africanamerican detroit. Really an Incredible Community scholar out of detroit. A wonderful set of folks, going to help us think about politics in detroit and michigan and how to make sense of that. Im going to throw it over to the panel now. Again, thank you all for being here. All
Kalangi walton. Panelist isrent dr. David goldberg who is associate professor at Wayne State University. Who is the detroit president president of the detroit chapter and tour leader and historian of all things africanamerican detroit. Communityincredible scholar out of detroit. A wonderful set of folks who will help us think about think about politics in detroit and michigan. I am going to throw it over to the panel. Thank you for being here. Thank you. Chair. E i have a couple of remarks really quick. I want to thank everybody for detroitnd hearing about politics in particular is radical. I think my panelists for being here. About theking the20th century up until beginning of the 21st century there is a span of influence of rosa parks, john conyers, and mayor Coleman Young. The radical black politics began in the 1800s. A couple of things that happened that really sets the stage for detroit being this hotbed of radical black politics is the uprising in 1833. 400 black people lead an
Mockingbird has influenced generations of college graduat graduates, aspiring to practice law like Atticus Finch to go to law school. Last year on the occasion of the books 50th anniversary we contacted harper lee who graciously authorized this award to honor an author whose work best exemplifies the positive role of warriors in society and their power to effect change. The prize is grounded in the character of a lawyer, lawyer, Atticus Finch, indispensable and courageous representation of tom robinson. On september 21, 2010 u. S. Attorney general eric holder honored our law school when he came to tuscaloosa, alabama to help celebrate half a century of to kill a mockingbird and to help us to establish this award. Our law school has a very special partner in this award and sponsor at the journal which is read by about half of the nations lawyers monthly about half million lawyers but we now call upon jack to make some remarks, jack is the executive director of the ada. [applause] thank