Read this essay by Kim Warren, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, School of Social Welfare and Associate Professor of History, College of Liberal Arts...
Voting Rights
This is the fourth entry in the Representation Matters virtual series. Presented by Dr. Joshua Sellers, Associate Professor of Law in the Sandra Day O’Connor...
Who is American? The Story of Chinese Americans in the United States
This is the third entry in the Representation Matters virtual series. Presented by Dr. Karen Leong, Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies and Asian Pacific...
Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot with Evette Dionne & Martha S. Jones
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...
Blocked at the Ballot: Voting & Homelessness
Brought to you by the RI Council for the Humanities, a special episode of the Voices of Homelessness podcast.
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:...
Conversations are happening across the nation about the voting rights of formerly incarcerated people. What is being discussed in Nevada? Join Nevada Humanities for a...
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...
This event was hosted by Union County College. Funded through the “Why it Matters: Civic and Electoral Participation” initiative, the Democracy Conversation Project...
Join us for Humanities Guåhan’s fourth webinar, a conversation with Attorney General Leevin Camacho and Attorney Vanessa Williams, exploring the history of voting in...
Uncounted: The History and Impact of Voter Suppression
This year, 160 bills have been introduced in 33 states that would restrict voting—four times as many as during the same period in 2020. American democracy is often...
We, They, and the People: Shelby v. Holder
WE, THEY AND THE PEOPLE is a Mixed Magic Theatre Civic Engagement Series that explores and dramatizes Supreme Court cases that have had a significant impact on the lives...
The Reappearing Voter, featuring Thomas E. Patterson and Robert V. Burns
Distinguished political scientists Dr. Thomas E. Patterson & Dr. Robert V. Burns discuss trends in U.S. voter participation.
What Can We Learn from Artifacts of California Elections?
Take a trip back through California’s voting history in this show-and-tell led by historian Susan D. Anderson and archivists from across the state. Hear seldom-told...
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...
With Good Reason · Expanding The Franchise Dwayne Betts was only a teenager when he was convicted of carjacking and sentenced to 9 years in prison. Today, he’s an...