How to Make Black Lives Matter at Berkeley
OLUFEMI “FEMI” OGUNDELE PRUDENCE CARTER KYNDALL ELISE DOWELL CALEB DAWSON WALTER J. HOOD JOHN A. POWELL Professor, Berkeley Law, African American Studies, Ethnic Studies You can read a lightly edited version here or watch the full conversation on our YouTube channel. TAKIYAH FRANKLIN: Before we get started, I’m going to take this moment to give a brief background on the trajectory of the struggles of Black and brown people at UC Berkeley. In 1968 there was a five-month strike that demanded a radical shift in admissions practices. And that was followed swiftly, in 1969, with a thre...
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