Archive for 'Civil Rights'
E. Patrick Johnson on today’s State of Things
On WUNC’s (91.5 FM Chapel Hill) The State of Things today at noon, Frank Stasio and a panel of guests will be discussing the legal and religious meanings of marriage in light of the passage of Prop 8 in California and similar amendments in other states.
Guests will include UNC Press author E. Patrick Johnson, professor [...]
Posted: November 18th, 2008 under African American Studies, Civil Rights, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, History, Law / Legal History, Podcasts, Politics, Religion, TSoT, Theatre, UNC Press News.
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Christensen, Shelby, Hogan earn awards
Three UNCP authors deserve special cheers for winning awards recently:
Rob Christensen, author of The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics, has been awarded the 2008 Ragan Old North State Award for Nonfiction by the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. The successor to the organization’s Mayflower Cup, the Ragan Old North State Award honors Sam Ragan: [...]
Posted: October 28th, 2008 under African American Studies, American History, Appalachian Studies, Awards, Civil Rights, Fiction, History, Juvenile, North Carolina, Politics, UNC Press News.
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BookTV airs “2008 Best of the Best from University Presses”
If you’re not on your way to the Lexington Barbecue Festival Saturday morning around 10 a.m., tune in to C-SPAN2 for BookTV’s presentation of the 2008 Best of the Best from University Presses. The program consists of a panel of 5 librarians discussing their favorite university press books of the year, one of which is [...]
Posted: October 24th, 2008 under African American Studies, American History, American Studies, Civil Rights, Gender Studies, History.
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Ella Baker Tour - SNCC alums to visit Durham
The Ella Baker Tour and Retreat, sponsored by the Southern Anti-Racism Network (SARN), is inspiring a wave of intergenerational dialogue and cooperation between veterans of the Civil Rights Movement and a new generation of social justice activists. The SARN website explains the tour’s origins this way:
Social change movements led by people of African descent in [...]
Posted: October 9th, 2008 under African American Studies, American History, Civil Rights, Events, North Carolina.
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New Project Aims to “Publish the Long Civil Rights Movement”
Cool activist-esque things to do through the years: early 1960s: register African American voters in the South; late 1960s: protest Vietnam War/attend large-scale concert in upstate New York; 1970s: burn bra while reading Erica Jong; 1990s: wear a red ribbon on an expensive tuxedo; 2008: get involved in the electoral process.
Considering the upcoming election season, [...]
Posted: July 30th, 2008 under African American History, African American Studies, American History, Civil Rights, Education, Environmental Studies, Gay / Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, Health / Medicine, History, UNC Press News, Women's Studies.
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Hear Spencie Love on today’s State of Things
Last week, the American Medical Association issued a formal apology for its history of discrimination against black doctors. Today on The State of Things, Frank Stasio and guests will discuss race and health care - particularly, this history of racial discrimination and its ongoing effects, including under-representation of black doctors in the health care profession [...]
Posted: July 23rd, 2008 under African American History, African American Studies, Civil Rights, Health / Medicine, History, North Carolina, Podcasts.
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New Civil Rights Marker to be Unveiled in Durham
On June 23, 1957, six African American youths, accompanied by the Rev. Douglas Moore, sat down in booths reserved for white patrons at the Royal Ice Cream Parlor in Durham, North Carolina. When the owner called police, all seven protesters were arrested and charged with trespassing. This was the first major sit-in of Durham’s civil [...]
Posted: June 20th, 2008 under African American History, African American Studies, American History, Civil Rights, North Carolina, Women's Studies.
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