by lindaoppenheim | Oct 21, 2018 | Events
With Sylvia Chan-Malik Wednesday, October 24, 2018 6:30 PM 7:30 PM Carl A. Fields Center, Princeton University Sylvia Chan-Malik is Associate Professor in the Departments of American and Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Her book, Being...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 30, 2018 | Opinion
Referencing the work of historians Elsa Barkley Brown, Lori Ginzberg and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, Brent Staples cites numerous examples of the leaders of the suffragette movement, women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, not only ignoring the interests of...
by lindaoppenheim | Jul 26, 2018 | Events, Stand Against Racism, Video
On Wednesday, August 8, Not in Our Town Princeton is co-sponsoring with the Princeton YWCA its final Stand Against Racism Summer Series event, a screening of “Standing on my Sister’s Shoulders” in partnership with the Princeton Public Library....
by lindaoppenheim | May 24, 2018 | interview
In an interview with Dave Zirin in the Nation, Professor Amira Rose Davis talks about some of the forgotten heroines of athletic resistance like Wilma Rudolph and Rose Robinson. David tells their stories in her forthcoming book, Can’t Eat A Medal: The Lives and...
by lindaoppenheim | Mar 21, 2018 | Article
Have you seen the recent thought-provoking NYT article entitled, “The Women Behind White Power”? Here’s an excerpt: As is the case with so much of history, stories about the nation’s racism have focused on the dramatic, not the daily, on the...