Event
The Right to Vote: America's Founding Flaws, the Civil Rights Revolution, and Our Work Today
Voting in America has always been a site of struggle, because there is genuine democratic power in electing officials and voting on ballot initiatives. Far too many white leaders have sought to limit voting rights of people of color, and how all of us respond in 2018 is a defining decision. This lecture series examines how the U.S. Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s worked for civil rights and ultimately voting rights for all. We will focus on how four crucial roads converged in the voting rights campaign in Selma in 1965: (a) Montgomery and its bus boycott pioneers; (b) Nashville and its nonviolent students, (c) Birmingham and its courageous children, and (d) Mississippi and its fearless freedom footsoldiers. Fifty years after the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, the battle for voting rights for all Americans is ground zero of the nation's fight for democracy.
Speaker: David Domke, University of Washington Professor
Event is free for all students displaying student ID. All lectures are at 7:15 pm, with doors open at 630 pm
Aug 14, Lecture 1, 7:15 pm
Civil Rights and Voting Rights in America
Aug 21, Lecture 2, 7:15 pm
Pillars: Montgomery and MLK, Nashville and SNCC
Aug 28, Lecture 3, 7:15 pm
Mississippi: The Magnolia Crucible
Sept 4, Lecture 4, 7:15 pm
Marching to, in, and from Selma
Sept 11, Lecture 5, 7:15 pm
Voter Suppression Today: We Must Overcome Again
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LocationUW Kane Hall Room 220 (View)
4069 Spokane Lane
Seattle, WA 98195
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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Contact
| Owner: David Domke |
| On BPT Since: Oct 01, 2013 |
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| David Domke |
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