The Movement That Never Was: A People's Guide to Anti-Racism in the South and Arkansas

The Movement That Never Was: A People's Guide to Anti-Racism in the South and Arkansas

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  • Manic Episodes: Welcoming Conversations About Important Subjects
    The podcast Manic Episodes, hosted by Dr. Wyatt Paige Hermansen (UA alum) and Mary Lambert (two-time Grammy nominee) covers a wide range of topics in a welcoming style. The first-ever live event connected to the podcast was last night on the University of Arkansas campus and we asked the creators about the podcast.
    16 min
  • A Look at Haiti from the Inside
    In an excerpt from the latest episode of Undisciplined, host Caree Banton talks to Haitian journalist Obed Lamy, who talks about being proud of his home country and what brought him to Arkansas.
    14 min
  • Put Some Respect on Haiti's Name
    Haiti may be considered the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere and a country we Americans only hear about when there's a massive earthquake or political turmoil. But Haiti is a nation with tremendous legacy. Haiti was a nation that beat three European empires to become a free nation. Haiti was the first nation to ban slavery. It was the first nation in Latin America and the Caribbean to achieve independence. And so much more. Our guest today is Obed Lamy, a Haitian scholar, journalist, and filmmaker.
    39 min
  • A Look Back at the Beginnings of African and African American Studies
    Dr. Caree Banton, director of African and African American Studies at the University of Arkansas and host of Undisciplined, talks with Scot Brown, an associate professor of African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, about the origins and original ideas of the area studies in an excerpt from the first episode.
    12 min
  • The Inspiration for Undisciplined
    A new podcast, Undisciplined, is a collaboration between the African and African-American Studies program at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Caree Banton, the director of the program and host of the podcast, explains her inspiration for the new show. The first episode, produced by Matthew Moore, will be available later this month.
    20 min
  • Students Renew Call for U of A To Remove Fulbright, Brough Names From Campus
    University of Arkansas students are once again calling on school leadership to remove the names and images of Arkansas U.S. Sen. J. William Fulbright and former Gov. Charles Hillman Brough from campus. The Black Student Caucus and other student organizers held an anti-racism march this weekend to bring attention to what they say is inaction from university administration. In August 2020, the U of A announced the formation of a committee that will make a recommendation on the future of the Fulbright and Brough names on campus.
    15 min
  • The Movement That Never Was: A People's Guide to Anti-Racism in the South and Arkansas, Episode 4
    With support from The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, the fourth episode of “The Movement That Never Was: A People’s Guide to Anti-Racism in the South and Arkansas” covers the wealth gap between black and white families and some of the ways to close it. As the Black Lives Matter movement took to the streets last year, many embraced the campaign to support black-owned businesses, but that same support has been difficult to find for reparations initiatives. This is episode four of five.
    26 min
  • The Movement That Never Was: A People's Guide to Anti-Racism in the South and Arkansas, Episode 3
    With support from The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, the third episode of “The Movement That Never Was: A People’s Guide to Anti-Racism in the South and Arkansas” covers the politics history of Arkansas, the creation of the current electorate of the South and its racist roots, and how through the state's leadership, the Natural State managed to not follow in the footsteps of Nixon's Southern Strategy to the extent other Southern states had. This is episode three of five.
    34 min

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With support from The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, “The Movement That Never Was: A People’s Guide to Anti-Racism in the South and Arkansas,” begins with the protests over the killing of George…