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What Difference Does it Make When Women Make the Music?

September 19th, 2013

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What Difference Does it Make When Women Make the Music?

Are there substantive and important differences between the music created by men and women? Plus, DJ Soul Sister visits class to discuss her craft.

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On the Road to Birmingham, 50 Years After

September 15th, 2013

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On the Road to Birmingham, 50 Years After

AJC Research Fellow Morgan Franklin reflects on visiting the city of Birmingham on the fiftieth anniversary of the bombing of the 16th St. Baptist Church.

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God Of Our Weary Years: Birmingham in 1963

September 14th, 2013

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God Of Our Weary Years: Birmingham in 1963

Fifty years after the bombing of the 16th St. Baptist Church, a look back at the struggle for civil rights taking place in Birmingham in 1963.

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Winter Is Coming. Unfortunately Critical SNAP Benefits Are Not.

September 5th, 2013

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Winter Is Coming. Unfortunately Critical SNAP Benefits Are Not.

Forty-seven million Americans are assisted by SNAP benefits. On November 1st, those benefits will be cut across the board by a predicted $5 billion.

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More Than Just Sitting Down: The Unyielding Activism of Rosa Parks

August 26th, 2013

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More Than Just Sitting Down: The Unyielding Activism of Rosa Parks

To only acknowledge Rosa Parks’ agency in the moment of sitting down on that bus understates her lifelong activism and belittles the breadth and longevity of her service to the cause of social justice.

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“After the March, What?” A Profile of Dr. Dorothy Irene Height

August 23rd, 2013

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“After the March, What?” A Profile of Dr. Dorothy Irene Height

We African American Women seldom do just what we want to do, but always what we have to do. I am grateful to have been in a time and place where I could be a part of what was needed.”

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Siting of Petroleum Coke in Southwest Detroit is an Issue of Environmental Justice

August 20th, 2013

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Siting of Petroleum Coke in Southwest Detroit is an Issue of Environmental Justice

The siting of petroleum coke, a toxic waste byproduct of refining oil sands, in a lower-income community of color in Detroit is a familiar story of environmental injustice. Residents of that community are organizing to ensure that the story ends with the four-story-high piles of pet coke being removed.

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Race and Recovery in Post-Katrina New Orleans

March 25th, 2013

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Race and Recovery in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Why talk about race when we discuss post-disaster recovery in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina?

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The Relationship Between Race and Health

March 10th, 2013

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The Relationship Between Race and Health

Professor Harris-Perry opened her lecture by presenting the challenge at the heart of our material for the week: “How does a community prove it is experiencing an environmental harm that impacts its health?”

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Where Recycling and Racism Meet

February 28th, 2013

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Where Recycling and Racism Meet

We have to critically evaluate the question, “What could be bad about that?” and understand that while providing certain positive outcomes, mechanisms of “revitalization” can often have deleterious effects on certain communities.

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