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Representing the narrative arc of the popular story of the civil rights movie. We are going back to our topic of origin points, with the objective of putting those events and contacts, but also troubling the idea of them as origin points. Last week we discussed brown v. Board of education, the decision, response, the impact, and also the legacy. I want to talk more about the legacy as we go forward. We will not do that today. Spent time we talking about the emmett till case, the lynching of emme...

Article that gave you a larger focus. This is your favorite slide. What you are going to be so sick of. Representing the narrative arc of the popular story of the civil rights movie. Civil rights movement. We are going back to our topic of origin points, and get in, with the objective of troubling it. One, putting those events and context, but also troubling the idea of them as origin points. Last week we discussed brown v. Board of education, the decision, response, the impact, and also the leg...

Hes young, hes charismatic. He had platformed on a number of promises. So this should give a little bit of context where the Womens Movement is coming into play as we work through some of these overview issues. Now, the 60s, as much promise as there was, we also know there are a lot of issues, particularly racial issues. But there was a period of great change, warfare, and for those who did find promise in the 1960s, there were those who didnt get access to that. And so there are a number of ind...

The wpa did in california, and then you fall down this rabbit hole and you find that theres everything else. And its a its a universe. So now what we are is a National Team that is identifying, mapping and interpreting the physical legacy of, the new deal, which is absolutely colossal. Its all around us. Its indispensable, able, but we dont see it. And thats accidental. So what were doing, we have a very active chapter in new york city, some of whom are here today. And what were doing is excavat...

Then i think if you were a doctor or a nurse you could get a car and that was it, five years or so. Okay. Thank you so very much. I so appreciate your time. Thankim gray brecon. Im founder and project scholar of the living new deal, which is sort of nominally based in the bay, although now we are spreading out and it began actually about 15 years ago. I was to write a book about what the wpa did in california, and then you fall down this rabbit hole and you find that theres everything else. And ...

Didnt make didnt switch. So i think the last domestic produced came off the runway i think it like i think was may 42. But by after pearl harbor, they had, of course, Popular Support to get it only. So theyre only making cars for the military and. Then i think if you were a doctor or a nurse you could get a car and that was it, five years or so. Okay. Thank you so very much. I so appreciate your time. Thankim gray brecon. Im founder and project scholar of the living new deal, which is sort of no...

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Number two. My name is rosa parks. And number three. My name is rosa parks. Once again, panel, these three ladies all claim to be civil rights champion rosa parks, and lets start the questioning with kitty carlisle. Number two, what led up to this glorious moment on that bus . How did you feel at the moment of arrest . [ bell dings ] that bell tells us the time is up. And now, of course, its time to vote whoever, in your opinion, is the real rosa parks. I voted for number two, and its just based...

Tonights speakers mattie kahn is an Award Winning writer and editor. Her work been published in the new york times. The washington post, the atlantic, harpers bazaar, vogue, vox and more. She was the culture director glamor, where she covered womens issues and, politics and a staff editor at elle. She is joined in conversation tonight by julia rubin, the editorial director for culture and features at vox. Mattie kahn is presenting her new book, young and restless the girls who sparked americas r...

A staff editor at elle. She is joined in conversation tonight by julia rubin, the editorial director for culture and features at vox. Mattie kahn is presenting her new book, young and restless the girls who sparked americas revolutions. Young and restless recounts one of the most foundational and underappreciated forces of American Revolution. Teenage girls from, the American Revolution itself to the Civil Rights Movement, to Nuclear Disarmament protests and the womens liberation movement. Black...