Negotiating Gender Lines: Women’s Movement across Atlanta Mosques
Introduction The city of Atlanta has a reputation of promise and opportunity in the American ummah (the Islamic brotherhood and sisterhood), particularly for African American Muslims. Indeed, many leave cities such as Chicago and Philadelphia to join the Atlanta ummah, known for its African American Muslim professionals, its progressive African American mosque communities, and its […]
Anniversary
Readings Jake Adam York reads the poem “Anniversary.” Poem text. Jake Adam York reads the poem “Consolation.” Poem text. Jake Adam York reads the poem “Darkly.” Poem text. Jake Adam York reads the poem “Self-Portrait at a Bend in the Road.” Poem text. About Jake Adam York Raised near Gadsden in northeast Alabama by his […]
Tuskegee University, Tuskegee Alabama, 2003
Rising Up
Video Community Ideas Station, Excerpt from Rising Up, 2005.
Let Me Do My Thang: Rebirth Brass Band
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The Civil Rights Archive
Video Part 2: Dr. Patton explains the layout of Trenholm State’s Civil Rights Archive and addresses obstacles she encountered
The Greatest Slave Rebellion in Modern History: Southern Slaves in the American Civil War
Video Part 2: The Greatest Slave Rebellion in Modern History: Southern Slaves in the American Civil War Part 3: The Greatest Slave Rebellion in Modern History: Southern Slaves in the American Civil War Part 4: The Greatest Slave Rebellion in Modern History: Southern Slaves in the American Civil War Part 5: The Greatest Slave Rebellion in Modern History: […]
A Horrible, Beautiful Beast
Review Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, February 17–May 13, 2007 ARC/ Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, France, June 20–September 9, 2007 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 11, 2007–February 3, 2008 UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, March 2–June 8, 2008 “It’s interesting that as soon as you start telling the story […]
Mourning Medgar: Justice, Aesthetics, and the Local
Presentation Part 2: Gwin explores temporal and spatial dimensions of mourning, posing questions of how to mourn and celebrate Evers Part 3: Gwin situates aesthetic and ethical responses from Baldwin, Moody, Welty, and Walker, highlighting attention to the local Part 4: Gwin recounts how Evers’s death spurred Baldwin, as emissary to Mississippi and as reporter, […]
Resegregated Spaces: The Schools-to-Prisons Pipeline
Video About the Speaker Born in 1933 to Irish immigrant parents, Constance Curry grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina. She graduated from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, where she was president of the student body, a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and an active member of the National Student Association. After studying in France […]