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
May be to step back, the starting point of the conversation is to recognize that our country has an epidemic of corporate crime, abuse and violence which we all suffer its evident in the financial crash of cost the country 22 million in the blowup in the oil spill in the environmental disaster in the nations history nations history arguably and numerous food safety crises and disasters that kill dozens routinely in the new england compound scandal in Workplace Safety and Health Issues that rise on a dalia basis and much more. We have to step back and say we dont do a very good job of dealing with these problems and one marker of that is if they persist over a long period of time we have an issue about how we set the rules for what is permissible for corporations to do when we say no you cant compare all human life and know no you cant threaten the environment. We have to make sure the rules are being followed, supervisors look at the think tank sure they are following the rule and it t
Her mother mrs. Abernathy pregnant with her second daughter survived the bombing of their home in montgomery in 1957. Along with tuskegee attorney fred gray, she is the last remaining leader from the montgomery busboy cot. On several occasions i have been privileged to listen to mrs. Abernathy, recall her experiences in the civil rights struggle. We are in for a treat. Our program is simple. First, we will hear introductory comments by a scholar. Mrs. Abernathy will offer remembrance s about the movement. Finally well open the floor to questions so we can have an engaging conversation with mrs. Abernathy. Let me identify miss brenda ten dal of university of North Carolina charlotte who will introduce mrs. Abernathy. Native of charlotte earning her bachelor there and working on docket hit at Emory University on dissertation that explores lives of widows. Please join me in welcoming mrs. Tindle. [ applause ] [ applause ] greetings. It is indeed a privilege to provide opening remarks for
First, we will hear introductory comments by a scholar. Mrs. Abernathy will offer remembrance s about the movement. Finally well open the floor to psh questions so we can have an engaging conversation with mrs. Abernathy. Let me identify miss brenda tindel of university of North Carolina charlotte who will introduce mrs. Abernathy. Native of charlotte earning her bachelor there and working on docket hit at Emory University on dissertation that explores lives of widows. Please join me in welcoming mrs. Tindel. [ applause ] greetings. It is indeed a privilege to provide opening remarks for this special session entitled remembering the career in civil rights, dialogue with mrs. Juanita jones abernathy. Id like to thank gregory nixon, john eskew and harris for inviting know take part in this ram. Finally id like to thank mrs. Abernathy for sharing time, wisdom and unique perspective on the Civil Rights Movement. As you can see, hers is a life well lived and well preserved even as she has e
Southern Historical Association annual meeting in atlanta. This is just under two hours. We are fortunate indeed he does miss abernathy returned yesterday from an extended stay in germany with the familys eldest daughter. Some of you know that she, as abe a, along with her mother, mrs. Abernathy then pregnant with their second daughter who miraculously survived the dynamite bombing of their home in montgomery in 1957. Along with tuskegee attorney fred gray, she is the last remaining leader from the montgomery bus boycott. On several occasions, i have been privileged to listen to mrs. Abernathy recall her experiences in the civil rights struggle and we are in for a treat. Our program is simple first we will hear some introductory comments or may scholar who will provide a biographical sketch of our subject and place her in historical context. Then mrs. Abernathy will offer her remembrances about the movement. Finally, we will open the floor to questions so we can have an engaging conver