CSCRE Offers Discussion Series for Fall 2008

Catherine Carpenter, 9/2/2008  ·  0 comments

Fall 2008 Discussion Series--List of Speakers & Schedule

Chaos or Community?  MLK and the Politics of Resistance

 

• Wednesday, September 17, 2008  7:00 p.m., Klingenstein Lounge, Egbert Hall

          The "Later" King:  Martin Luther King Jr.'s Evolution, by Reverend Kenneth I. Clarke,    Sr., Director, Cornell United Religious Work

• Monday, October 6, 2008 7:00 p.m., Klingenstein Lounge, Egbert Hall

        Ethical Witnesses to Organized Abandonment in New Orleans, by Paula Ioanide, Assistant Professor, CSCRE, Ithaca College

• Tuesday, November 11, 2008  7:00 p.m., Klingenstein Lounge, Egbert Hall

        Cross-Racial Coalitions, Conflict and Keepin' On, by Belisa Gonzalez, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Ithaca College

• Thursday, December 4, 2008  7:00 p.m., Klingenstein Lounge, Egbert Hall

        Freedom Ride or Die:  MLK, Hip-Hop, and the Politics of Racial Conclusion, by Sean Eversley-Bradwell, Assistant Professor, CSCRE, Ithaca College

 

 

 

2008-09 Chaos or Community? MLK and the Politics of Resistance

The Discussion Series is a monthly event hosted by the Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity (CSCRE).

Our theme for this academic year is Chaos or Community?, borrowing from the title of Martin Luther King, Jr's book.  In 2008, as we commemorate the 40th anniversary of MLK's death, we want the series to enable critical engagements with and interrogations of his work.  We will look at retrospectives of his life and explore some of the themes he wrote about, such as antiracist and antiwar movements, resistance to oppression, critiques of capitalism and poverty, civil disobedience, and theologies of liberation.

Our first in the Fall 2008 Series will begin with President Tom Rochon inaugurating the evening.  Reverend Kenneth Clarke's presentation will be The "Later" King:  Martin Luther King Jr.'s Evolution from Reformer to Revolutionary, 1965-1968.  Reverend Clarke tells us that Martin Luther King, Jr. has often been lauded as a Civil Rights reformer, understood primarily through the lenses of his "I Have a Dream" speech of 28 August 1963.  Less attention has been given to the evolution of his thought and action over the last three years of his life, as he moved toward a more militant nonviolent activism that called for radical changes in the American political economy.  Dr. King's proposals addressing racism, poverty, imperialism, and war reflected the "revolution of values" he challenged American society to undergo in order to create "The Beloved Community."

We look forward to seeing you on September 17th! 

*See our sidebar for the Discussion Series List of Speakers and their Schedules*