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(BPRW) National Portrait Gallery Announces “This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance” | Press releases

(BPRW) National Portrait Gallery Announces “This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance” | Press releases

“On the centennial of Baldwin’s birth, it is important to look at this prolific thinker and writer, not only for his visionary insights but his influence that still resonates,” Combs said. “Baldwin was bolstered by a community of like-minded creatives, including Lorraine Hansberry, Nina Simone and Bayard Rustin, and his influence remains steadfast in the […]

(BPRW) National Portrait Gallery Announces “This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance” | Press releases

(BPRW) National Portrait Gallery Announces “This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance” | Press releases

“On the centennial of Baldwin’s birth, it is important to look at this prolific thinker and writer, not only for his visionary insights but his influence that still resonates,” Combs said. “Baldwin was bolstered by a community of like-minded creatives, including Lorraine Hansberry, Nina Simone and Bayard Rustin, and his influence remains steadfast in the […]

An Evening With Doris Kearns Goodwin & Don Carleton

An Evening With Doris Kearns Goodwin & Don Carleton

September 21, 2022 – Co-sponsored by the LBJ Presidential Library and the Briscoe Center for American History. This program celebrated the Briscoe Center’s recent acquisition of the papers of Richard Goodwin and Doris Kearns Goodwin. Moderated by Dr. Mark Lawrence, director of the LBJ Library, the discussion explored how the Goodwin Papers enhance the holdings […]

Medical Apartheid and the Exploitation of Black Bodies: An Evening with Harriet Washington

Medical Apartheid and the Exploitation of Black Bodies: An Evening with Harriet Washington

On November 4, 2021, the UAB Institute for Human Rights and co-sponsored hosted “Medical Apartheid and the Exploitation of Black Bodies: An Evening with Harriet Washington.” Harriet Washington, author of “Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present,” spoke about her groundbreaking work on medical racism […]

An Evening with NPR’s Michel Martin

An Evening with NPR’s Michel Martin

An Evening with NPR’s Michel Martin September 13, 2022 WJCT Public Media Studios “An Evening with NPR’s Michel Martin.” Weekend host of All Things Considered, Michel Martin joins WJCT’s President & CEO, David McGowan, for a dynamic, thought-provoking conversation. Michel Martin is the weekend host of All Things Considered and host of the Consider This […]