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WHAT THE PAST SAYS TO US ABOUT THE PRESENT IN THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW LESSONS FROM THE STRUGGLE: Stokely Carmichael, SNCC, and the Black Power Movement PENIEL JOSEPH, professor of history, Tufts University; author of the award-winning Waiting ’til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America; Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama; and most recently a biography of Stokely Carmichael, Stokely: A Life. OFFICE OF MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS Tuesday, March 3, 2015 4:30–6:00 p.m. McCook Auditorium Co-sponsored by American Studies, History, Public Policy and Law, and Sociology BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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Page 1: Stokely Carmichael, SNCC, and the Black Power … fileHT THE PST SAS TO US OUT THE RESENT N THE STRUGGLE FOR EULT UNER THE LAW LESSONS FROM THE STRUGGLE: Stokely Carmichael, SNCC,

WHAT THE PAST SAYS TO

US ABOUT THE PRESENT

IN THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY

UNDER THE LAW

LESSONS FROM THE STRUGGLE:

Stokely Carmichael, SNCC, and the Black Power Movement

PENIEL JOSEPH, professor of history, Tufts University; author of the award-winning Waiting ’til the Midnight Hour:

A Narrative History of Black Power in America; Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama; and most recently a biography of Stokely Carmichael, Stokely: A Life.

O F F I C E O F M U LT I C U LT U R A L A F FA I R S

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 4:30–6:00 p.m.

McCook Auditorium

Co-sponsored by American Studies, History, Public Policy and Law, and Sociology

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