charlton: good morning. we hope you are able to stick with us for as much of the day as possibl welcome and thank you for coming out to join us this morning for the center for critical race and digital studies events on race, technology, and the future setting the agenda. thank you all for making the time. we hope you re able to stick with us for as much of the day as possible. before we go much further, i want to make a brief acknowledgment. we re gathered on the part of the algonquin people for whom the anacostia river is named. as we share this space together to critically reflect on issues of race and technology, we begin by acknowledging the forced relocation of indigenous peoples as well as the connection to homeland that have endured through indigenous strategies of resistance. again, thank you. my name is charlton mcilwain. i am the vice provost for faculty engagement and development for new york university and also professor of media, culture, and communication. i
brooklyn history. i come to you from the center for brooklyn history of the brooklyn public library, and also bpl presents, which is the library s arts and culture arm. tonight i am thrilled to welcome author james gains whose latest book, which comes out on february 8th, is titled the 50s, an underground history i am going to tell you a little bit about what publishers weekly says. it says, this revisionist history is packed with insights. it goes on to say that gains delivers a compassionate and insightful group portrait of singular men and women who spoke out on lgbtq issues, women s rights, civil rights, and the environment in the 1950s. not the complacent era that we all maybe think it is. so tonight james s conference partner is writer daniel oak wrench. before i introduce the two of them i have a few quick notes for you. first, while the book is not released for a few more weeks, this is kind of a sneak peek. you can reorder it. we will put a link in the chat to the
brooklyn history. i come to you from the center for brooklyn history of the brooklyn public library, and also bpl presents, which is the library s arts and culture arm. tonight i am thrilled to welcome author james gains whose latest book, which comes out on february 8th, is titled the 50s, an underground history i am going to tell you a little bit about what publishers weekly says. it says, this revisionist history is packed with insights. it goes on to say that gains delivers a compassionate and insightful group portrait of singular men and women who spoke out on lgbtq issues, women s rights, civil rights, and the environment in the 1950s. not the complacent era that we all maybe think it is. so tonight james s conference partner is writer daniel oak wrench. before i introduce the two of them i have a few quick notes for you. first, while the book is not released for a few more weeks, this is kind of a sneak peek. you can reorder it. we will put a link in the chat to the
weekly says. this history is packed with insights. it goes on to say that gaines delivers a compassionate and insightful group portrait of singular men and women who spoke out on lgbtq issues, women s rights, civil rights and the environment in the 1950s. not the complacent era that we all maybe think it is. tonight, james conversation partner is writer daniel oakrench. sneak peek. you can pre-order it and we will put a link in the chat to the website of a local brooklyn bookstore the community bookstore so that you can do that if you so desire with just a couple of clicks. second like all of our talks you have the option tonight to use closed captioning that features that the bottom of your screen life transcript and finally i want to invite you all to share your questions tonight for james type them throughout the program into the q&a box at the bottom of your screen and dan will will take as many of them as he has time for towards the end of the program. now, let me say a
i come to you from the center for brooklyn history of the brooklyn public library, and also bpl presents, which is the library s arts and culture arm. tonight i am thrilled to welcome author james gains whose latest book, which comes out on february 8th, is titled the 50s, an underground history i am going to tell you a little bit about what publishers weekly says. it says, this revisionist history is packed with insights. it goes on to say that gains delivers a compassionate and insightful group portrait of singular men and women who spoke out on lgbtq issues, women s rights, civil rights, and the environment in the 1950s. not the complacent era that we all maybe think it is. so tonight james s conference partner is writer daniel oak wrench. before i introduce the two of them i have a few quick notes for you. first, while the book is not released for a few more weeks, this is kind of a sneak peek. you can reorder it. we will put a link in the chat to the website of a loca