Speaker: Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries
Meeting Dates: Tuesdays, April 2nd, 9th, 16th, and 23rd.
Meeting Time: 5:00 pm PST - 6:30 pm PST (8:00 pm EST to 9:30 pm EST)
In this four lecture course, Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries will take a thematic approach to exploring and making sense of the most troubling aspects of United States history.
Lectures:
Racism: Dr. Jefries will discuss the Founders, the Lost Cause, and Massive Resistance.
Resistance: Dr. Jeffries will discuss the Underground Railroad, Black Wall Street, and the Black Panthers
Democracy: Dr. Jeffries will discuss Reconstruction, Disenfranchisement, Voting Rights Act, and Voter Organizing
Mobility (Immobility): Dr. Jeffries will discussion the Slave Trade (international and domestic), Convict Leasing and Debt Peonage, and the Great Migration