Author and political scientist Peter Irons marks the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education case with "Jim Crow's Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision," a riveting talk detailing how efforts to desegregate schools have failed. Sponsored by Thurgood Marshall College at UCSD. [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 8388]

The Legacy of Slavery: Unequal Exchange Conference resulted from the passage of Senate Bills 2199 and 1737 in 2000 and was meant to address a number of issues related to the economic and political legacy of slavery, the roles of governments and businesses in this enterprise, and the question of reparations for the descendants of slaves. This panel discusses the issue of Racism and Discrimination After Emancipation. Series: "Legacy of Slavery" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 8096]

Legacy of Slavery...Unequal Exchange Conference: Panel 4: Life and Labor Among Enslaved Women Series: "Legacy of Slavery" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 8102]

Charismatic poet Cornelius Eady uses deft paradoxes to meet the world's absurdities head-on. In a powerful reading of his own work, Eady recites like a jazz singer croons, emphasizing his poetry's hard-hitting content.

Series: "Lunch Poems Reading Series" [Humanities] [Show ID: 7952]

A major address charting the evolution of Black Feminist Studies as an academic discipline by one of its foremost founders, Dr. Akasha Gloria Hull. Professor Hull reads from her new novel. Professor Hull is Professor Emerita of Women's Studies and Literature at UC Santa Cruz and Visiting Professor of Black Studies at UC Santa Barbara. Series: "Voices" [Humanities] [Show ID: 7914]

A panel of faculty and students discusses the movie Barbershop and the controversial themes depicted in this film. Among the issues discussed are: the responsibility of Black filmmakers to their communities; the issue of Black stereotypes as shown in the movie; and the issue of reparations. Series: "Voices" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 7460]

Author and syndicated columnist Julianne Malveaux gives an inspiring talk on the contributions of W.E.B. DuBois and other African-American scholars in this event marking UCSD's celebration of Black History Month. [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 7166]

In the United States, anyone with even a trace of African American ancestry has been considered Black. Even as the twenty-first century opens, a racial hierarchy still prevents people of color, including individuals of mixed race, from enjoying the same privileges as Euro-Americans. In his book, G. Reginald Daniel argues that we are at a cross-roads, with members of a new multiracial movement pointing the way toward equality. Presented as part of the Humanitas Lecture Series at UC Santa Barbara. Series: "Humanitas" [Humanities] [Show ID: 7094]

Biographer Douglas Daniels discusses his groundbreaking biography of Lester Young, the legendary tenor saxaphonist whose career spanned swing and bebop eras.

Series: "Humanitas" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 6893]

Yusef Komunyakaa is known as a "jazz poet," a Southern writer and a "soldier poet." Author of nine books and winner of a Pulitzer Prize for poetry, Komunyakaa sets a provocative stage by rejecting the "write what you know" model in favor of the defying "write what you are willing to discover" premise. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 5640]