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UrduBloomberg Assistant Professor of American Health in the Department of Mental Health Tiara Willie and Associate Professor and Associate Director of the PhD and Postdoctoral programs at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Kamila Alexander will join U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson-Coleman (D-NJ) on September 20, 2023, at 6 p.m. in the Grand Hyatt, Washington, D.C., and on livestream for a discussion about policy innovations to protect the lives of Black women and girls in the U.S.
Tag: Civil Rights
UA Little Rock receives grant to commemorate history of Arkansas civil rights leader William Townsend
The Center for Arkansas History and Culture at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a grant to explore the cultural and political sphere of Dr. William Townsend, an Arkansas civil rights leader and the first African American licensed to practice optometry in the state.
Nation’s First Civility Research Center Launched by National Conflict Resolution Center and UC San Diego
The civility center plans to refine a national model to promote national criminal justice reform and reduce mass incarceration.
Shirley McBay: The advocate
This story is part of a series, called Georgia Groundbreakers that celebrates innovative and visionary faculty, students, alumni and leaders throughout the history of the University of Georgia – and their profound, enduring impact on our state, our nation and the world.
William F. Tate IV, National Expert on the Intersections Between Education, Society, and Public Health, to Examine the “Segregation Pandemic” at 2020 AERA Brown Lecture
The American Educational Research Association is holding the 17th Annual Brown Lecture in Education Research on October 22 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. EDT. The event, which will be held virtually, is free and open to the public. ASL and closed captioning will be provided.
Maryland Carey Law Professor Available to Discuss Complicated Legacy of 19th Amendment
As the nation celebrates the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, University of Maryland Carey School of Law Professor Paula Monopoli, author of the recently published book Constitutional Orphan: Gender Equality and the Nineteenth Amendment (Oxford University Press 2020), is available to…
Law Professor Calls for End to Police Detaining People on the Ground
The video of a Black woman and four crying young girls face down and handcuffed in a Colorado parking lot was the last straw for University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Professor Larry S. Gibson. A recognized civil rights activist, historian, and political consultant, Gibson is calling for an end to the…
FSU researcher finds links between police searches and race in Minneapolis
By: Mark Blackwell Thomas | Published: August 13, 2020 | 12:46 pm | SHARE: When looking for cities to conduct research on the intersection of police behavior, race and location, James Wright II, an assistant professor of public administration at Florida State University, didn’t have many options. It was 2016 and, at that time, Minneapolis was the only city that had publicly available information about police stops with the detailed, longitudinal and latitudinal information Wright required to plot police stops block by block.
A historian’s 40-year quest to retrace the extraordinary life of activist Mary Talbert
A century separates the lives of these two women, but they share much in common: Both are educators and community activists. Both are deeply committed to the fight for social justice. Both are tireless in their work.
United States should implement nationwide truth commission on police violence against Black people
The United States needs to implement a nationwide truth commission on police violence against Black people, according to Kerry Whigham, assistant professor of genocide and mass atrocity prevention at Binghamton University, State University of New York. “If recent instances of…
New Seminar Series Aims To Expose, Explain Threats to U.S. Democracy
A group of political science scholars is launching a webinar series on Friday to highlight escalating threats to democracy that have been percolating for decades and boiling over ever since Donald Trump’s election.
After the protests: clues for communities to turn a day of BLM action into lasting change in battle against racism.
Dr. Claire Whitlinger can talk about how the Black Lives Matter movement can leverage protests into permanent change based on the experience of Philadelphia, Mississippi, site of the “Mississippi Burning” murders in 1964. She spent 10 years studying how the…
IU experts available to comment on origins and significance of Juneteenth celebration
Juneteenth is an annual holiday on June 19 that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. This year’s celebration of freedom and Black history takes place amid nationwide protests against racial injustice following the police killing of George…
Constitutional law expert available to comment on Supreme Court decision protecting LGBTQ workers
The U.S. Supreme Court announced a landmark decision this morning protecting the rights of LGBTQ workers. In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that employers who discriminate against gay and transgender workers are in violation of the Civil Rights Act…
Tearing down statues won’t end structural racism
Confederate monuments are being torn down across the United States as the protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd continue. While the Confederate statues represent a step backwards, tearing them down will not end structural racism, says Anne Bailey,…
Civil rights scholar available to discuss racism, George Floyd protests
Anne Bailey, Binghamton University Professor of History and Director of the Harriet Tubman Center for the Study of Freedom and Equity, is available to discuss a variety of issues in relation to the George Floyd protests and race in America.…
Scholar of civil rights on why America typically takes “two steps forward and one step back” following periods of protest over inequality.
Dolph Briscoe, PhD, is a history scholar and lecturer at Texas A&M University-San Antonio, and an excellent quotable source on how the current protests and clashes between demonstrators and police compare with those of past decades. Briscoe, whose teaching and…
We should not be afraid to discuss reparations for slavery
The issue of slavery reparations needs to be addressed in order to heal racial divisions today, according to Anne C. Bailey, professor of history at Binghamton University, State University of New York, civil rights scholar and contributor to the prize-winning…
Civil rights scholar: “I fear for my Black son every day”
In the wake of the murder of George Floyd, whose last words were “Momma, I’m through,” civil rights scholar and Binghamton University Professof of History Anne C. Bailey discusses the constant fear that Black mothers hold for their sons. “As…
University of Utah law professor challenges South Carolina statute that prohibits discussion of LGBTQ relationships in schools
Today, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law Professor Clifford Rosky, along with the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Lambda Legal, and private counsel Womble Bond Dickinson and Brazil & Burke, filed a federal lawsuit challenging a South Carolina statute that prohibits public school health education from including any discussion of same-sex relationships except in the context of sexually transmitted diseases. The lawsuit is filed on behalf of the student organization Gender and Sexuality Alliance, as well as the Campaign for Southern Equality and South Carolina Equality Coalition, including their members who are public school students in the state.
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The lawsuit, Gender and Sexuality Alliance v. Spearman, alleges that S.C. Code § 59-32-30(A)(5), a provision of the South Carolina’s 1988 Comprehensive Health Education Act, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by discrimi
Rutgers to Host Last Witness to Emmett Till Abduction
Rutgers–New Brunswick’s Department of American Studies on Thursday, Feb. 20, will host the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., the last living witness to the abduction of Emmett Till, for a discussion on Love, Forgiveness and Reconciliation.