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World Affairs Council of Greater Houston

Live Webinar with Q&A: Martin Luther King & Malcolm X – Revolutionary Lives and Enduring Legacies

May 7, 2020 @ 06:00 PM to May 7, 2020 @ - 07:00 PM
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About The Event

Peniel Joseph’s acclaimed dual biography of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King upends longstanding preconceptions to transform our understanding of the twentieth century’s most iconic African American leaders.

To most Americans, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. represent contrasting ideals: self-defense vs. nonviolence, black power vs. civil rights, the sword vs. the shield. The struggle for black freedom is wrought with the same contrasts. While nonviolent direct action is remembered as an unassailable part of American democracy, the movement’s militancy is either vilified or erased outright.

In The Sword and the Shield, Peniel Joseph upends these misconceptions and reveals a nuanced portrait of two men who, despite markedly different backgrounds, inspired and pushed each other throughout their adult lives. This is a strikingly revisionist biography, not only of Malcolm and Martin, but also of the movement and era they came to define, and the deep impacts of their legacies that continue to this day.

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About The Speaker

Dr. Peniel Joseph holds a joint professorship appointment at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the History Department in the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. He is also the founding director of the LBJ School’s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy. His career focus has been on “Black Power Studies,” which encompasses interdisciplinary fields such as Africana studies, law and society, women’s and ethnic studies, and political science.

Prior to joining the UT faculty, Joseph was a professor at Tufts University, where he founded the school’s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy to promote engaged research and scholarship focused on the ways issues of race and democracy affect people’s lives. In addition to being a frequent commentator on issues of race, democracy and civil rights, Joseph wrote the award-winning books Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America and Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama.

His book, “Stokely: A Life,” has been called the definitive biography of Stokely Carmichael, the man who popularized the phrase “black power.” Included among Joseph’s other book credits is the editing of The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era and Neighborhood Rebels: Black Power at the Local Level.

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Participants will be able to submit questions to the speaker throughout the webinar. Participant questions will be addressed at the end of the interview/conversation. If you’d like to submit a question before the webinar, please email it to [email protected].

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CxC: Amplified

This event is presented in partnership with CxC: Amplified, an inclusive Ideas Summit hosted by World Affairs Councils across the country. Join us this week for a host of online programming, including virtual events, conversations, debates and engagement opportunities.

 

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May 7, 2020 @ 06:00 PM to May 7, 2020 @ - 07:00 PM
 

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