Tag: Racism

  • Going to February School

    Going to February School

    Last night we had the pleasure of co-sponsoring the Frederick Douglass Mash-Up as part of ACT’s February School. (Check out the fascinating student-organized programs here.) We gathered in a circle…

  • Learning from the Central Park 5

    Learning from the Central Park 5

    At the close of 2015, Charles M. Blow, a New York Times columnist who covers social justice and politics, asked other writers and scholars who focus on these issues to name…

  • Martin Luther King: Beyond Vietnam

    Martin Luther King: Beyond Vietnam

    On April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church in New York City, Martin Luther King delivered a speech, “Beyond Vietnam”,  meticulously outlining the reasons for his public protest against the…

  • The Myth of Race

    The Myth of Race

    This Thursday, we are honored to co-sponsor the visit of Professor Dorothy Roberts.  Roberts is an acclaimed scholar of race, gender and law and has done groundbreaking work in public…