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...
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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...
A comic by Lucy Bellwood illustrating the history of voting rights in Oregon and efforts to expand who gets a say in our democracy.
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One Nation Under God…Divisible?
This event was hosted by Camden County College. Funded through the “Why it Matters: Civic and Electoral Participation” initiative, the Democracy Conversation Project...
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...
A conversation with Clint Smith, author of “How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America,” and Adam Davis, executive...
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...
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...
A panel discussion about how Black Americans in Omaha experienced the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s.
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...