Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

5:30pm - 6:30pm 

Kerwin Hall Room 301

In unprecedented numbers, protestors took to the streets of cities through the United States and the world after the murder of George Floyd. In the wake of the 2020 protests, academics and pundits looked for lessons in the protests and urban uprisings of the 1960s. What can we learn by comparing the "long hot summers" of the civil rights and black power era with the social movements of 2020 and beyond?