Black Activism at the Intersection of History and Journalism
About this Event
Boston College, 255 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/morrissey/sites/aadsAFRICAN AND AFRICAN DIASPORA STUDIES PROGRAM
2025-2026 NEW DIRECTIONS LECTURE SERIES:
Black Activism at the Intersection of History and Journalism
A roundtable discussion on the past, present, and future of Black communities from Tulsa’s 1921 Race Massacre to Ferguson’s Black Lives Matter Movement with authors Stefan Bradley and Victor Luckerson. Moderated by Dr. Eddie Bonilla and Dr. Lorelle Semley
Stefan Bradley is the Charles Hamilton Houston’15 Professor of Black Studies and History at Amherst College. He is an oral historian and the author of several prizewinning books, including Upending the Ivory Tower, and Harlem vs. Columbia University, and If We Don't Get It: A People's History of Ferguson (The New Press).
Journalist and writer Victor Luckerson is the author of Built From the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, America’s Black Wall Street. The book won the Stone Book Award’s top prize and was also named a 2023 book of the year by both the New York Times and the Washington Post.
Co-sponsors: MCAS Dean's Office, Institute of Liberal Arts, AADS Program, History and Communication Departments.