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3520 africanamerican history since 1865. Were at north county, Central University, and today ill be lecturing about activism in North Carolina. So first, ill give you the main of this lecture. Its going to be like five or six, and then well get into the actual examples of so historically black colleges, university were Important Movement spaces for the long black freedom movement. So they were kind of essential to the Civil Rights Movement, the black power movement, black student continuously use the campus space, mobilize for freedom on their campuses and surrounding communities. And in doing so, they transformed their local campuses, communities North Carolina and elsewhere. Typically when were ....
3520 africanamerican history since 1865. Were at north county, Central University, and today ill be lecturing about activism in North Carolina. So first, ill give you the main of this lecture. Its going to be like five or six, and then well get into the actual examples of so historically black colleges, university were Important Movement spaces for the long black freedom movement. So they were kind of essential to the Civil Rights Movement, the black power movement, black student continuously use the campus space, mobilize for freedom on their campuses and surrounding communities. And in doing so, they transformed their local campuses, communities North Carolina and elsewhere. Typically when were ....
Would use newspaper black newspapers to criticize the administration of the issue. And sometimes we do it anonymously right. So it also speaks to the fact that even if you graduate right if even if youre no longer a part of the university, you still feel duty to it. Right . And a duty to having the best environment, the best people in charge. Right. And part of the response of the administration to them, criticizing them was to try to repress, repress that kind of criticism. Right. So, again, part of at campus hbcu is activism on campus against administrators, against teachers. Right. At t same sometimes teachers, administrators, the faculty meers, collaborators were is right. So its kind of the internal work thats going on. And so originally hawkins who is about 17 at the time he starts college at 14, but at 17 hes a student leader and activist he joins the post office of post office picketing in the 1940. Right. It gives other students involved. Right. And then in the 1960s, hes goin ....
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We are pleased to host the conversation tonight. Also lucky to have michael here tonight in conversation. Welcome. Some of you may remember this. Twenty years ago will be three this november and are pleased to be a part of the upper left side and a place to celebrate great important, new work. To keep us here i encourage you to pick up a copy of the book and we can continue to be a stronghold for important work. You may have noticed that cspans book tv is here, during q a please wait for me to come to with the microphone. That way will have the recording of your questions. A few last things, after the talks will open the table for robert to sign. Please pay for your book on the way out. The new press has been a great partner for us in terms of bookselling and a great launchpad especially in recent times books like our lease for the new jim crow and now this new addition to their catalog on mine, hope, and survival. That has been widely hailed as and booksellers alike have praised this ....