Rosa Parks and Civil Rights Activism
Civil rights pioneers Fred Gray and Representative John Lewis (D-GA) talked about Rosa Parks and her long history of civil rights activism. They highlighted her influence in igniting boycotts and…
841 viewsCivil rights pioneers Fred Gray and Representative John Lewis (D-GA) talked about Rosa Parks and her long history of civil rights activism. They highlighted her influence in igniting boycotts and…
841 viewsKoritha Mitchell talked about her book, Living with Lynching: African American Lynching Plays, Performance, and Citizenship, 1890-1930, in which she discusses the way lynching was depicted…
1,062 viewsProfessor Franklin and his son, John Whittington Franklin talked about the book they co-edited, My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin. The book is about the life of…
890 viewsPanelists talked about the the first 100 years of the NAACP and its future. After the presentations they responded to questions from members of the audience. Patricia Sullivan is the author…
713 viewsMs. Shabazz, daughter of the late civil rights activists Malcom X and Betty Shabazz, discussed her coming of age memoir, Growing Up X, published by One World. It details her childhood experiences…
552 viewsProfessor Franklin talked about his newest book, Mirror to America: The Autobiography of John Hope Franklin, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He described his life and education, and…
260 viewsArnold Rampersad talked about his book Ralph Ellison: A Biography, published by Knopf. Professor Rampersad researched the life of Ralph Ellison, author of Invisible Man, whose meditations on African-American…
986 viewsArnold Rampersad talked about his biography, Ralph Ellison. He also responded to audience members' questions.
320 viewsJudge Carter talked about his memoir A Matter of Law: A Memoir of Struggle in the Cause of Equal Rights, published by New Press. He talked about his life as a black man born into a culture…
81 viewsThe Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress honored Lt. Commander Wes Brown (Ret.), who in 1949 became the first black to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy. During this event at…
328 viewsWalter Dean Myers was interviewed at the National Book Festival. He discussed writing children’s books and the role of African Americans in World War I. Mr. Myers is the author of…
69 viewsAfter an introduction by Mr. Lehmann, Mr. Williams talked about his book, This Far by Faith: Stories from the African American Religious Experience, published by William Morrow. The book is…
125 viewsAudio is unclear at certain points throughout this event. Mr. Tye talked about his book Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class, published by Henry…
418 viewsMr. Lewis and Ms. Willis talked about their book, A Small Nation of People: W.E.B. Du Bois and African American Portraits of Progress, published by Amistad Press. The book contains 150…
221 viewsDr. John Hope Franklin read the opening chapters of his forthcoming autobiography titled The Vintage Years to be published by Amistad Press, a unit of HarperCollins. Each chapter begins…
72 viewsProfessor David Levering Lewis read excerpts from his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography W.E.B. DuBois and talked about DuBois' life and career. Professor Lewis is the Martin Luther King…
272 viewsThe ceremony opened with a prayer by Reverend Jackson and the singing of “The National Anthem” and “The Negro National Anthem” by Tonya Lewis and “A Family Choir.” Other musical numbers…
163 viewsProfessor Smith talked about her book Dancing in the Street: Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit, published by Harvard University Press. The book tells the story of Motown as both…
199 viewsAfrican-American members of the House gathered to celebrate their election and re-election. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-DC), the chair of the caucus, Bill Cosby and others spoke about the…
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