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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Feminists In The Black Power Movement 20160229

And they also declared that they are not from those which get that the criminal code the criminal code they are basically putting detainees in limbo where they make up the rules as they go along. Live on on book tv in depth. From noon to 3 p. M. Eastern. Its great to see all of you think you for coming. As most of you know this is the fourth year doing conversations about the freedom studies. We started this four years ago to bring new work into black history and the scholars and writers and conversation with us and to create a space to put that in the struggles of today and so tonight we will be talking about black power into political repression. Its very timely in the moment we are in and most of you whove been here before also know that every few months i like to talk about rosa parks and many of you know i wrote a biography of rosa parks and today would have been her 103rd birthday. In honor of that, me and some colleagues have built a new website called rosa parks biography to ki ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Feminists In The Black Power Movement 20160228

To kind of challenge the ways thathat in much of our public conversation today there is a kind of dangerous i think distinction being made between whats being treated as the good old Civil Rights Movement and the sort of movements for Racial Justice and black lives matter today. These are very dangerous distinctions and i think really looking at the history of rosa parks and particularly look at the history of rosa parks through criminal justice, really challenges these distinctions that some commentators are making today. And so i think a real look at rosa parks remind us from scottsboro to emmett till and jeremiah reeds distorted campaigns for justice for black women who were raped to the kind of criminalization of organizing that we see with Highlander Folk School and the bus buck offs to all of the
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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Feminists In The Black Power Movement 20160305

History and conversation with us. And to kind of create a space to put that history of conversation with the president and struggles today. Tonight we are going to be talking about black power and political refreshment. It feels a timely in the moment we are in. I think most of you who have been here before also know that every two months i like to talk about rosa parks. Many of you know i am professor Jeanne Theoharis and i wrote a biography of rosa parks and this would have been her 100 third birthday. In honor of that, colleagues have built a new web site called rosaparksbiography. Org to challenge the ways in much of our public conversation today theres a kind of dangerous distinction being made between what is being treated as the good old Civil Rights Movement and the movements for Racial Justice and black ....

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