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He used those were a part of his civil rights agenda. Right. He leveraged his influence in all the organizations to impact his ideas about citizenship. The ways in that sort of interconnected with his ideas of black economic power and ultimately new prosperity. Thank you so much. Thank you to the panelists for all the great questions. Thank you all very much and i appreciate the comments. Thank you for the questions. The questions will be used for the next book, as well. Really good questions. T...

Video. Good morning. Thank you for joining us what promises to be a promising round table discussion. Looking back on the 50th anniversary on the struggle to elect kenneth a. Gibson. Elected in june of 1970, it marked a turning buoyant for the black Freedom Movement that was part of a National Wave of black political organizing that couple nated in the election of black m mayors in cities like cleveland, gary, atlanta, and detroit from 1967 to 1974. The histories feel particularly vital now as b...

Conference. They also provided the video. We have three panelists today. I think i have this order right. Dr. Danielle mcguire who is a great friend from grad school and colleague. She is an author and historian and an independent scholar now and the author of tat the dark end of the street. We also have i have lost track of who is going. I think its kalonji is going next. Dr. Kalonji walton who is the director of global black studies at western carolina. And our third panelist is dr. David gold...

Years ago. It was then that Irena Webster and Barbara Spencer dunn joined with the woman who became my first boss at the aspca. They had the vision to get right to support the works the Parks Service was doing to protect the africanamerican experience. Sadly, irena passed away at the start of this year, and i wanted to take a moment to talk about the preservation of the history to achieve black Voting Rights to remember my boss, my friend, and the true pioneer in the long and ongoing process to ...

Black political organizing that culminated in the election of course black mayors like cleveland, atlanta and detroit from 1967 to 1974. They feel particularly vital right now as blackled struggles in the wake of Police Murders of george floyd in minneapolis, Breonna Taylor in louisville, and kenosha have sounded the call for black liberation while raising questions about the role of electoral politics and black freedom struggles. 50 years ago gibsons landmark election came on the heels was 1967...

A very complicated thing. Yes, just two quick questions. I was wondering if the panel was familiar with the work of the late dr. Reuben westin. He passed, i think, last year. He was the author of racism and u. S. Imperialism. He taught at central state. He was a chairman of the History Department at one point. We talked about how the u. S. Government squashed the revolts of antonio meseo in cuba. The second part is i had an uncle named richard kidd who fought in world war i and came back, quote,...

The ratification of the 19th amendment in the World Affairs 1920. Council of dallasfort worth hosted this online event. Jim hi, everyone. I am jim falk. Thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. Joining us this afternoon is dr. Ellen carol dubois. She is the author of suffrage womens long battle for the vote. I am so pleased the conversation be with lee column a very dear , and special friend and supporter of the World Affairs council. Let me remind you, you can purchase a copy by goin...

The World Affairs council of dallasfort worth hosted this online event. Hi, everyone. Thank you so much for being with us this afternoon. Joining us this afternoon is dr. Dubois. She is the author of suffrage womens long battle for the vote. Im so pleased the conversation be with a very dear and special friend and supporter of the World Affairs council. Let me remind you you can purchase a copy by going to dallass independent bookstore. Please be sure to type in the off and you will get 10 not j...

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