by lindaoppenheim | Jan 1, 2019 | Article
Susan Svrluga describes how a protest against lynching by Howard University students in the 1930s set an example for University of North Carolina protesting the statue on campus known as Silent Sam that honors the Confederacy. To read the article, click...
by lindaoppenheim | Nov 6, 2018 | Events
McCarter Theatre Center (91 University Place, Princeton NJ) invites any and all people from surrounding communities to join in a participatory community reading of Greensboro: A Requiem on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at 6:30 pm. This documentary play was written in...
by lindaoppenheim | Oct 16, 2018 | Podcast
NPR reporter Karen Grigsby Bates relates the story of Tommie Smith and John Carlos, American sprinters who won gold and bronze medals respectively in the 1968 Olympics 200-meter running event, then bowed their heads and raised their black-gloved fists on the podium...
by lindaoppenheim | Sep 9, 2018 | Exhibit
Two relevant shows are on exhibit at Princeton University. Civil Rights in Comics, Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall. Open through November 15, 2018 The exhibition features two comic books: Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story (1958), and March (2013-16), a...
by lindaoppenheim | Sep 7, 2018 | Opinion
In the same week that Nike released a new ad narrated by Colin Kaepernick and some offended fans burned their Nike gear, Jeré Longman’s essay draws a parallel between the raised fists of athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos during the 1969 Olympics to protest...
