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DESCRIPTION:Screening & Discussion: Celebrating John Lewis's Legacy\, March
11\n\nIn celebration of Black History Month\, the Center for Law\, Justice
& Culture and the African American Studies Department invite the campus co
mmunity to a special screening and discussion of the documentary John Lewis
: Good Trouble on March 11\, from 5 to 6:30 p.m.\n\nThe documentary will be
available to stream for free via the Athena Cinema from March 8 to March 1
1.After watching the documentary\, a panel discussion will be held on March
11 from 5-6:30 p.m.Register for the event on the Athena Cinema webpage..Th
e panel features Dr. Jelani Favors (Clayton State University)\, Mr. E. B. L
ewis\, Dr. Daniel Moak (OU\, African American Studies)\, Dr. Robin Muhammad
(OU\, African American Studies)\, and Dr. Kirstine Taylor (OU\, Political
Science). We will discuss the legacy of John Lewis and the Civil Rights mov
ement\, the debates and questions within the movement\, and the continuing
relevance of these questions today.\n\nThe documentary offers an intimate a
ccount of legendary U.S. Rep. John Lewis’s life\, legacy\, and more than 60
years of extraordinary activism – from the bold teenager on the front line
s of the Civil Rights movement to the legislative powerhouse. A discussions
follows on the Lewis's legacy and the Civil Rights movement\, the debates
and questions within the movement\, and the continuing relevance of these q
uestions today.\n\nFavors is Associate Professor of History at Clayton Stat
e University. He is author of the award winning book Shelter in a Time of S
torm: How Black Colleges Fostered Generations of Leadership and Activism (U
niversity of North Carolina Press\, 2019).\n\nLewis is illustrator and fine
artist. He has illustrated more than 70 books for children\, including the
2016 Golden Kite Honor Award\, Jabari Asim’s Preaching to the Chicken’s\,
which gives a fascinating glimpse into the boyhood of Civil Rights leader J
ohn Lewis.\n\n\n\nDr. Daniel Moak\n\nMoak is Assistant Professor of African
American Studies. He focuses on race and politics\, with an emphasis on re
cognizing voices atypical to the discourse surrounding race.\n\n\n\nDr. Rob
in D. Muhammad\n\nMuhammad is Associate Professor of African American Studi
es. Muhammad is a labor historian who studies workers\, their communities a
nd their political institutions. Her current research focuses on the histor
y of industrial workers of African descent. Her book manuscript\, Arsenal o
f Liberation\, is a study of the African American experience in 20th-centur
y California.\n\n\n\nDr. Kirstine Taylor\n\nTaylor is Assistant Professor o
f Political Science and Law\, Justice & Culture. Taylor's research focuses
on how racial inequality is sustained and reproduced in 20th- and 21st-cent
ury American politics\, especially as it relates to the American carceral s
ystem: law & order politics\, policing\, segregation\, and state violence.
Her in-progress book\, Law & Order Politics from the Postwar South to Post-
Racial America\, unearths the surprising relationship between postwar liber
alism and the emergence of racialized law-and-order discourses in the midce
ntury American South.
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SUMMARY:Screening & Discussion: Celebrating John Lewis's Legacy\, March 11
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