As timelys. A huge professor of the studies and faculty associate at Princeton University. The author of prospects of the 3rd politics of poetics and hiphop, and we are beautiful and be up terrible for racial inequality in the United States. Its. [applause] i am going to begin by introducing my fellow panelists briefly and then we will just get right into it so. To my immediate right is senor calton roberts director of the institute for research and africanamerican studies and associate professor of history and associate professor osos your medical sciences at the school of Public Health at columbia university. He writes teachers and lecturers widely on africanAmerican History urban history, had a history of social movement. His book was published by the university of North Carolina press in 2,009s. The political economy urban geography and race between a late 19th century and the mid20th century a time which encompasses the jim crow era and the bacterial pollution to the advent of ant
AfricanAmerican History is how bad it is. So the history piece is one thing, but also even in this moment. Thats how i started off right . In this moment its all a about how we are diagnose, right . Slow death dying right . At what point do i have any agency to do anything you know, theres a distinction in the world between optimists and pessimists. Turns out that optimists get things done. Optimists succeed. It turns out that pessimists are right about the world. Right. [laughter] right right right right. And i just want to, i want to introduce a term. This is not an academic term, but its a term that i got from some of the black women that i worked with in detroit who were around 16 years old. And they said theres a difference between a struggle, the struggle and struggley with an ly, and they say a struggle is what we go through as human beings on this planet. The struggle they define as specific to the africanamerican experience in this country. And they said but struggley is when
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Wilburn Larry Pritchett, 83, of Cleveland, was called to his heavenly home on Monday, May 3, 2021.
He was of the Christian faith and passed peacefully at his home of 45 years.
Larry was a Vietnam War veteran. He served his country proudly and retired from the United States Navy after 30 years of service (20 of which were active duty). He was a gunner’s mate, Missiles, First Class, at the time of retirement.
He traveled the world during his Navy career. Notable ships he served on included the USS Leahy DLG-16, Charles R. Ware DD-865, USS Bremerton CA-130 and the USS Chicago CG-11.
Pritchett, Wilburn Larry (Cleveland)
Wilburn Larry Pritchett
Wilburn Larry Pritchett, 83, a resident of Cleveland, Tennessee, was called to his heavenly home on Monday, May 3, 2021. He was of the Christian faith and passed peacefully at his home of forty-five years.
Larry was a Vietnam War veteran. He served his country proudly and retired from the United States Navy after 30 years of service (20 of which were active duty). He was a Gunner’s Mate Missiles First Class at the time of retirement. He traveled the world during his Navy career. Notable ships he served on included the USS LEAHY DLG-16, CHARLES R WARE DD-865, USS BREMERTON CA-130, and the USS CHICAGO CG-11. Larry received the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Dominican Republic), Navy Expeditionary Medal (Cuba) for active involvement in the Cuban Missile Crisis, Combat Action Ribbon, and Meritorious Unit Commendation a