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In the early 1960s, Malcolm X famously criticized the philosophical and political bases of the African American “civil rights” movement, calling instead for a turn to what he called “the level of human rights” and redress through the United Nations rather than the U.S. federal government. This lecture seeks to understand the political and philosophical contradictions of Malcolm’s internationalism by placing its surprising mix of revolutionary liberalism and anti-imperialist nationalism in productive tension with earlier African American internationalisms, especially efforts at “worldmaking” through the United Nations. Recovering the important philosophical differences within oft-collapsed accounts of “black internationalism,”  the lecture takes stock of the different philosophical justifications for engaging the politics of global governance by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Patterson. Taking seriously these distinctions as central to the careful study and reconstruction of black political thought, I consider the lessons that Malcolm’s trajectory portends for contemporary efforts to connect aims of global justice and peace to African American struggles for racial justice.
 

This event will be held in a hybrid format both in-person and online from 2:00-3:30pm ET on October 23, 2024.

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Second Annual TerrapinSTRONG Symposium

Act Like You Know is a podcast preview and talk-back event that centers the technical and professional communication value of Black cultural and rhetorical practices. Featuring Dapper Dan Midas (aka DDm), who hosts the Secretary of Shade YouTube channel, the event will screen excerpts from the first episode of the Act Like You Know podcast, followed by a talk-back style panel discussion. Together, we’ll explore the use of Black and queer cultural knowledge and language practices to communicate and translate complex social and political commentary. The event’s goal is to spark a dialogue about language, expertise, and ethos among folks within and outside the academy and to prompt us all to consider the cultural, rhetorical, and linguistic skills that Black (and other marginalized) writers and communicators bring to the task of making complex and specialized knowledge more legible, accessible, and ultimately more useful.

October 24, 2024 Tawes Hall, Room 1121 Ulrich Recital Hall 5-7pm, followed by a light reception

Hosted by the Frederick Douglass Center for Leadership through the Humanities

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You're invited to the annual Social Justice Fall Workshop hosted by the BSU-UMD Social Justice Alliance and 2nd Lt. Richard W. Collins III Foundation! The theme of this interactive workshop is "Cultivating a Multiracial Community Towards Healing and Justice."
 

The BSU/UMD SJA Fall Workshop will be held on Friday, October 25th, from 10:00am to 3:00pm, in The Robert H. Smith School of Business (Room 2202 - Second floor), located on UMD's campus at 7621 Mowatt Ln, College Park, MD 20742. Lunch will be provided for attendees. Please RSVP by Friday, October 18th.
 

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Join the Department of African American and Africana Studies for their first Brown Bag of the semester. Dr. Beka Guluma will be presenting his preliminary research titled, "The African American Dream? Comparing Black Immigrant and Native-Born Black American Beliefs about Social Mobility"

"Scholars and observers have long noted that Black Americans exhibit a high degree of political unity. Despite great diversity within Black America, Black Americans tend to overwhelmingly back the Democratic Party and show wide support for a host of social programs and policies designed to uplift Black America. But with a large and growing Black immigrant population, the question emerges: is Black political unity waning? In this Brown Bag, I present very preliminary research that seeks to address the question of  whether Black immigrants exhibit similar levels of support for the Democratic Party, and for pro-Black social programs and policies as do native-born Black Americans."

Event Date and Time: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Location: Hybrid event - 1102 Taliaferro Hall/ Zoom

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