Field of africanamerican history and culture has expanded and morphed so many times. As such, theres so many issues, so many topics, so many themes that it was impossible to do everything in this conference. And theres so many gifted scholars whose voices should be heard but cant for this particular conference. It says, i think, so much about the vibrancy, the importance, the expansive nature of the field of africanamerican history, that no single conference can hold it all. But we are so excited about this conference because were excited about the array of scholars who are gathered here. And in some ways as i see my staff saying okay, lonnie, top talking, let me begin the conference by introducing the moderator of tonights roundtable, a long struggle for civil rights and black freedom, barbara ransby. Barbara is a dear friend whos a professor of history and africanamerican studies as well as undgender and womens studiet the university of illinois. A student of the black Freedom Moveme
Power and the meredith march against fear. And at the university of memphis for fester tells the story of James Meredith the first africanamerican admitted to the university of mississippi who was shot upon his return to the state to promote Voter Registration. The ensuing civil rights battle rock the black Power Movement to the forefront. The program is about an hour. Host what a pleasure to be with you today to talk about your book. You know i looked at its cover and i was immediately intrigued by it. Some say you cant judge a book i its cover but lets start by judging this book by its cover. Tell me about the cover. Guest thanks for having me. It was actually quite a struggle to pick the perfect image for the cover. It is a picture from the last day of the march june 26, 1966 as leaders lead the final leg of the meredith march into jackson mississippi and it was kind of a struggle to pick the right picture because on the one hand we wanted to capture its Human Element and capture th
I emphasized words there were also failures that they learned from and i think they see those broader issues as part of what you are referring to. The martian watching 10 in 1963 was for jobs and they were intimately linked. The night he proposed the bill john kennedy cited a series of sobering statistics about the differential prospects of a blackandwhite way be born in the same day in the same city and questions like Life Expectancy health the situation is better today. On questions like lifetime earning power and income its distressingly the same. One sorry, thats all the time we have today created thank our panelists for really interesting discussion. I remember conversation i had with a group of people at the table with the two on it. It wasnt about where it was from. It was about ukraine. It was about politics and it was about education and religion and after that moment i was like wow this week is going to be intense but its been cool to see the evolution of our friendships and
Heavily armed local police. Lewis suffered a fractured skull. It would forever be remembered as bloody sunday. The images of brutality shocked the nation. Galvanizing support for the Voting Rights act, signed into law by president Lyndon Johnson. Lewis never lost his young, activist spirit. Taking it from protest to politics. Standing up for what he believed was right, lewis was arrested more than 40 times by police, according to his congressional office. Im on my way, and we are going to win this race. He was selected to city council in atlanta. Then, to congress in washington, representing georgias 5th district. Fighting against poverty and for healthcare, while working to help younger generations, by improving education. He reached out to young people in other ways. Cowriting a series of novels about the Civil Rights Movement. Winning him a National Book award. In the life of so many moments and great achievements, it was the achievement of another, in 2008 that, perhaps, meant the
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