Evette Dionne, editor-in-chief of Bitch Media and author of Lifting as We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box, discusses her Coretta Scott King Author Honor...
Author Interview
Who Gets to Vote? A Conversation between Martha Jones and Leslie Harris
On Wednesday, April 21, at 6 p.m., the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities hosted Leslie Harris in conversation with Martha Jones on her groundbreaking book Vanguard:...
The Voting Rights Act: Triumphs, Challenges, & Possibilities
R. Keith Gaddie, author of “Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act” (2016), addresses the successes of the Voting Rights Act, how the Voting Rights Act has...
Dreamin’: How Do Social Movements Reimagine California?
Join California Humanities as as we delve into the ideas behind the Red Power movement, the occupation of Alcatraz Island, and its lasting influence on Native American...
Join WHY IT MATTERS series host, Tonya Scott-Williams, and series poet, Ashley M. Jones, as they chat with Dr. Karlyn Forner, author of WHY THE VOTE WASN’T ENOUGH FOR...
Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote and Insisted on Equality for All
Professor Jennifer Harbour interviews Martha S. Jones about “Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All,” selected by...
Big Idea: African American Citizenship and Voting Rights with Dr. Kim Warren
Ratified in 1870, the 15th Amendment stated that a citizen’s “race, color, or previous condition of servitude” should not prevent them from voting. Dr. Kim Warren of the...
Tonya Scott-Williams and series poet Ashley M. Jones engage in conversation with Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, host of the Teaching Hard History podcast and author of...
Felon: A Reading & Conversation with Reginald Dwayne Betts
From Virginia Festival of the Book by Virginia Humanities On February 4, poet Reginald Dwayne Betts discussed his latest collection, Felon, in a reading and conversation...
Join host Tonya Scott-Williams and poet Ashley M. Jones in conversation with Scotty E. Kirkland, Exhibitions, Publications, & Programs Coordinator for the Alabama...
Does Social Unrest Help or Hurt our Democracy?
Does Social Unrest Help Or Hurt Our Democracy? with Dr. Deva R. Woodly, author of The Politics of Common Sense: How Social Movements Use Public Discourse to Change...
Beyond Election Day: Renewing Our Culture of Civic Participation
What is the cure for the post-Presidential Election blues? The answer: an interesting and lively conversation with author Andrew Sommers, whose book—Engaged: A Citizen’s...
Vote! Gilda Daniels and the #1 Antidote to Voter Suppression
From Virginia Festival of the Book by Virginia Humanities On October 28, law professor and former U.S. Department of Justice attorney Gilda Daniels (Uncounted: The...