Elected president. Hes young, hes charismatic. He had platformed on a number of promises. So this should give a bit of context to 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 was a lot of issues. Particularly racial issues. But it 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 individuals and groups fighting for access. So we have the 1967 detroit riots. A series of political assassinations. Jfk in 1963. In 1968 you also have the assassinations of Martin Luther king jr. And bobby kennedy. So theres also a lot of fear about what this change means and a lot of people are reacting to that. Focusing on jfk because were going to be talking most about women in the Civil Rights Movement today, well be focusing on other womens experiences on wednesday. But to give you
Next on American History tv, the black image makers who reimagined African American citizenship which focuses on University Hosts thisemory event. I am the director of the institute. On behalf of the visiting fellows and our staff i would like to welcome you to todays installment of the colloquium series. We do this every week. We are glad for those who come regularly. We hope you come back same place next week. We will have another interesting speaker. It is our pleasure to do this with emory library. We hope you can come back. Today it is my pleasure to welcome dr. Brenna greer. Is an associate suppressor at wellesley college. Historian of race, gender and culture in the 20th century United States. She explores connections between capitalism, social movement and culture. She will be speaking on her first book, represented the black imagemakers who reimagined African American citizenship. Examines the work of black media makers and marketers in the world war ii era who garnered Media
Variety like wharton business school, stanford, yale but i will talk about the impressions people have about guns and crime. Normally i would show you lots of graphs but im stymied on that with a technical issue but theres a lot of issues we can talk about. So just off the top of my head what we frequently hear about is that background checks and three. 5 million dangers for him people from gun. Everybody was to try to stop criminals or other people who might be dangerous from getting a gun. The problem is simply that isnt correct. Rather than saying three. 5 Million People have been stopped but what they should actually say is that there have been three and a half million initial denials. Almost all of those are mistakes. Its one thing to stop somebody its another just because they have a name that is similar to a felon. So for example the last full annual report put out on the background check system you had 76000 initial denials. Only 48 cases referred to prosecution and they got 13
Am president of the Research Center and academic most of my life. Chief economist at a variety of different universities take chicago, stanford and yale. But i will talk about the misinterpretations of guns and crime. Im very empirical normally i can show you lots of graphs but i am stymied on this technical history but there are a lot of issues we can talk about. O off the top of my head, a couple of the claims we frequently hear about is background checks stop about three. Five dangerous people. Everybody wants to stop criminals or people who might be dangerous to get a hold of g a gun. The problem is theem claims made simply are not correct. Rather than saying three three. 5 million, what they say is therely has been three. 5 million initial denials and almost all of those are mistakes. It is one thing to stop somebody who is a felon from its another to stop them because they have a name similar to a felon so for example the last full annual report put out on the background checks i
About female activists in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. In focuses on several women the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee who held leadership roles and the challenges they faced. Today we have shifted into the 1960s. One of the things about the 1960s is this idea that a lot of americans felt they were on the precipice of promise, of greatness. It held a lot of possibilities and opportunities in the postwar era. Had just been elected president. He is young and charismatic, he had platform on a number of promises and so this should give a little bit of context where the Womens Movement is coming into play as it works through some of these overview issues. The 60s as much promises there was, we also know there were a lot of issues, particularly racial issues, but it 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 is there a number of individuals that groups were fighting for the access and if y