Brenna greer teaches a class, debunking myths around Rosa Parks. And a 1956 Bus Boycott. Professor greer explains that Rosa Parks was not the first american african american woman who refused to give a petite and then the boycott had Planning And President s. She also explains why simplified version of the history has become so widespread. So our Focus Today than is going to be the montgomery Bus Boycott, like i said, and thats what you read all your sources for, accept that Pain Article that gave you a larger focus. And you do that, were gonna go back to our discussion of Origin Points. Our favorite slide, which you are going to be so sick of. Representing the narrative art of the popular story of the civil Rights Movement. Were going back to our topic of Origin Points, again, with the objective of troubling it. One, putting those events in context but also troubling the idea of them as Origin Points. And last week we discussed brown versus board of education, we discuss the decision,
Movement, she describes how beauty parlors overlooked worked as a safe place to organize boycotts. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Or at the point in the semester, we have been looking at the long history of african americans since the civil war. We looked at the struggle for what historian calls freedom rights. Weve been looking at this quest for economics, social and political Self Determination for educational access and equity, and were looking at this long quest for the full realization of freedom and citizenship. Were getting to the point in the semester were talking about the civil Rights Movement, weve been looking at that for a couple of sessions now. The interesting thing about teaching the civil Rights Movement is that its perhaps the area that most americans think they know the most about, right . Weve talked about this and we will talk about the summer. That just because folks think that they can quote a few sentences from martha Luther King, speech in washington, or know
This book and what made you want to write it . Its interesting. Ive always wanted to write a book and those that have known me a long time know that ive been talking about it since i was in high school. This book felt right for me to do it. I started last year and had no idea of the events that were going to happen in 2020. But i felt like 2020 was the year that this book needed to be out there and i had no idea that the historical gods would be in my favor in terms of making it more receptive than it may have been at another time so i thought it was time to tell the story. Whats the message you want to convey as you are writing . Writing an academic book in such a way which coming from my Country Girl Perspective the way to communicate with Everyone And Everyone could see themselves in it and no matter where youre from whether a rural county in alabama or new York City that you could make a difference. Thats an important message and im curious can you speak a little bit about the regi
Its comeut around the same time of this book which we will discuss today. Just curious, you have been working in Lowndes County now for 20 years or so, and what made now the right time for this book and what made you want to write it . Guest very interesting. Ive always wanted to write a book. Those that know me for a very long time know that ive been talking about writing since i was in high school. But this book is right for me to do it. I started writing it last year and had no idea of the incidents that would happen in 2020, but i felt like 2020 was was the year this book needed to be out there. I had no idea that the historical gods would be in my favor in terms of making it more receptive to the audience that may have been had it been at time. I just felt that it was time to write it and tell the story. Host and whats the key message you wanted to convey, who is the key audience you had in mind as you are writing . Guest i had the option of either writing academic books are reach
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