This first presentation is called when poor people marched on washington, the 1968 campaign in black and brown. I will introduce the speakers, and then they can come up and begin the discussion. So, the first person i will introduce is gordon who is an Gordon Mantler who is an assistant professor at George Washington university specializing in the history and the rhetoric of 20th century social Justice Movements and the africanamerican and latino experience in the united states, as well as oral history and history of film. His first book and focus of his Library Presentation is power to the poor, blackbrown coalition, and the fight for Economic Justice 1960 to 1974. It was published in 2013. And so, we are really happy to have him here. He is the recipient of many awards, including the first annual ronald t. Ferrar civil rights history award. So we are very happy to have him here. And how is this going to work . Come on up and have a seat. Yeah. Our second speaker is going to be our se
Young people who marched and organized during the civil rights movement are now in their 70s and 80s. With fewer and fewer remaining, historians rush to record their stories.
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