“I don’t want it to take a predator in the White House and a Black man having to die on national television for nine minutes and 28 seconds for us to get to...
Keyword: Race Equity
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...
Hannah Black and Niki Kottmann: Equity for the People of Color who call Cheyenne Home
Podcasters! Hannah Blackand Niki Kottmann, both journalists with the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, joined us for an in depth discussion about their recent research on how...
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...
From Hollywood Stereotypes to Social Activism: Asian Americans in the Media
This is the second entry in the Representation Matters virtual series. Presented by Dr. Karen Kuo, Associate Professor of Asian Pacific American Studies at Arizona State...
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:...
We, They, and the People: Tennessee v. Garner
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...
A conversation on democracy, participation, and justice with Eric K. Ward, executive director of Western States Center, and Adam Davis, executive director of Oregon...
This event was hosted by Union County College. Funded through the “Why it Matters: Civic and Electoral Participation” initiative, the Democracy Conversation Project...
Nevada Humanities’ Why It Matters programming investigates various aspects of democracy and civic engagement – how it works, who gets to participate, and the...
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...
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...
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...
Conversations about Democracy: Does Local Journalism Matter?
In recent decades, many of Wisconsin’s newspapers have closed or been swallowed up by large media conglomerates. Part of this process leads to reducing staff size, which...
Join Nevada Humanities for a conversation with journalists John L. Smith (Nevada Independent and author of the forthcoming book, Saints, Sinners, and Sovereign Citizens:...
The Upswing Authors Talk featuring Robert D. Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett
Robert D. Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett discuss how American came together a century ago and how we can do it again.
“Join host Tonya Scott-Williams and project poet (and Alabama Poet Laureate) Ashley M. Jones for an interview with Dr. Tara White, history instructor at Wallace...