To kind of challenge the ways thathat in much of our public conversation today there is a kind of dangerous i think distinction being made between whats being treated as the good old Civil Rights Movement and the sort of movements for Racial Justice and black lives matter today. These are very dangerous distinctions and i think really looking at the history of rosa parks and particularly look at the history of rosa parks through criminal justice, really challenges these distinctions that some commentators are making today. And so i think a real look at rosa parks remind us from scottsboro to emmett till and jeremiah reeds distorted campaigns for justice for black women who were raped to the kind of criminalization of organizing that we see with Highlander Folk School and the bus buck offs to all of the Defense Committees she served on to all the antiPolice Brutality work she did sitting on the peoples tribunal after the 1967 detroit uprising and on and on. I think seeing that scope giv
History and conversation with us. And to kind of create a space to put that history of conversation with the president and struggles today. Tonight we are going to be talking about black power and political refreshment. It feels a timely in the moment we are in. I think most of you who have been here before also know that every two months i like to talk about rosa parks. Many of you know i am professor Jeanne Theoharis and i wrote a biography of rosa parks and this would have been her 100 third birthday. In honor of that, colleagues have built a new web site called rosaparksbiography. Org to challenge the ways in much of our public conversation today theres a kind of dangerous distinction being made between what is being treated as the good old Civil Rights Movement and the movements for Racial Justice and black lives matter today and these are dangerous distinctions and i think really looking at the history of rosa parks and particularly looking at criminaljustice. Really challenges t
Make money figure out ways to develop the country. The neck. I just want to add something to all of this. I am honored to be around you and thankful to the council the reminded me and took me back to 14 years ago. I want to read something to you. The honorable mrs. Bush. I do remember those days. I gave my 1st in chicago, and 400 american businessman it would come i had to convince many leaders to believe in the afghan women capacity. I ended with the following symptoms, a lot of hope. Still the dark days in the storm have left. The sun is out. Tender, love, care. I do not want to die again. You have played a major role by building capacity and you have recognized a fear of the flowers handbook is 14 years he was not possible. I thank you from my heart. [applause] thank you. On behalf of all of us i would like to extend our thanks. After 37 years it will take a long time to fully emerge from conflict but there are extraordinary signs of progress and hope. A special thanks for what you
Lets bring them in first. First ladies first. Always first. Welcome, lady hubbard. Lady she is, of course mo talked about literary geniuses. Well, we have one here, author of last suspicious hold out the rib king and our novel, the talented. And shes won a lot of awards as. Well, thank you for joining us. Also here is ebrahim kendi. We got a lot to talk about. Patel from the beginning how to be an antiracist. Antiracist babys making all of the news. Hes here all the awards, bestsellers, blah, blah. Yes, maurice, Carlos Ruffin of the ones who dont say they love you, and his debut novel, the caste, we cast a shadow of definitely have a rousing conversation. Him and my birthday twin. Why i left him last. Mr. Literally we are twins birthday. Twins kevin powell, author of many, many books, including the education of kevin powell and his latest when we free the world. Is that our responsibility . Well, were going to talk about that. Let me welcome the panelists. Thank you. Thank you all for
The activist tarana burke describes her as a truth teller and builder of movements. We have seen that with her work with a nonprofit she founded to close the gender gap in technology. Her commitment to Technology Helped her launch a National Movement to center her commitment to economic recovery and her policy that supports moms. Gender equality is at the heart of this. The pandemic made it clear to her and millions of women that workplaces were never built for working mothers to have a fair chance and that is why we saw historic number of women leave their jobs in 2021, highlighting that it is the system that needs to be fixed. They offer a plan to educate corporate leaders, advocate for policy reform and reimagine our workplaces. She will be having this conversation with the executive editor of the Washington Post, the first woman to lead the 140 fouryearold news organization. Previously, she was the executive editor and senior vp of the associated press. Later we will take some of y