REGISTER HERE
On Saturday, June 8th the Hands Off Uhuru Academic Committee & Black is Back Coalition Education Working Group presents Black Education and the Struggle for Anti-Colonial Free Speech.
In recent years, we’ve seen an increase in attacks on Black Studies, Critical Race Theory and other African-led initiatives on campuses. As well, in recent months we have seen an increase in campus organizing in support of Palestinian self-determination from the classroom to the encampments. Students and faculty have been attacked and jailed. Join our leading panel of African political organizers and working class intellectuals as we discuss this events in the context of the Uhuru 3’s upcoming trial and in defense of anti-colonial free speech.
Featuring guest speakers:
– Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party
– Prof. Robin D. G. Kelley, editor Our History Has Always Been Contraband
– Prof. Cherisse Burden-Stelly, author Black Scare / Red Scare
– Betty Davis, Black is Back Coalition Education Working Group
Hosted by Matsemela Odom, HOU Academic Committee Chair & Africana Studies Professor.
