On Sept. 15, 2023, the 60th anniversary of the white terrorist attack that snatched the lives of four black Birmingham, Ala., adolescent girls, I, an African diaspora scholar in the UC Berkeley's Department of African American Studies, felt compelled to put aside my remarks on VéVé Clark scholar Isabella Volz-Broughton's groundbreaking podcast on the unknown black history of People’s Park at a Black Studies Collaboratory (BSC) symposium.
Seeing frightening resonances between this horrific date and today's swift rise in white supremacist attacks, not only on black people, but also on their history and culture, I instead delivered a warning. My remarks were preceded by Ms. Volz-Broughton (4:56) and followed by assistant professor Micah Khater (5:10).
Video of the full symposium, including Ms. Volz-Broughton's brilliant presentation, is here: • 2023 BSC Small Grantee...
Other videos of her presentation are here:
• Bella Volz-Broughton &...
• Black Space: An Unknow...
THANX: To Kim and Anita Agasaveeran for helpfully advising me to keep my description short -- for once!
6 окт 2024