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Empowerment & racial justice

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Muhammad Ali—Dropping Knowledge (1974)

Muhammad Ali speaks with David Frost in this 1974 interview.

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Black Theology: A Documentary History: 1966–1979

First published in 1979, this is the classic sourcebook for the emergence of Black Thelogy in the United States.

James H Cone, Gayraud S Wilmore

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James H. Cone

James H. Cone, the Bill and Judith Moyers Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary, came to YDS as the culmination of this semester’s All School Read program.

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The Origin of Others

America’s foremost novelist reflects on the themes that preoccupy her work and increasingly dominate national and world politics: race, fear, borders, the mass movement of peoples, the desire for belonging.

Toni Morrison, Ta-Nehisi Coates (foreword)

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Parker Palmer on Power and Powerlessness

Parker Palmer is interviewed about the power of the human heart.

Parker J. Palmer

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Black Theology and Black Power

The classic work of Black Theology—still relevant and challenging after 50 years—with a new introduction by Cornel West First published in 1969, Black Theology and Black Power provided the first systematic presentation of Black Theology, while also introducing the voice of an African American...

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Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare

This groundbreaking and highly acclaimed work examines the two most influential African-American leaders of this century. While Martin Luther King, Jr., saw America as essentially a dream . . . as yet unfulfilled, Malcolm X viewed America as a realized nightmare.

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1984 James Baldwin Interview • Hampshire College Archives and Special Collections

James Baldwin was the Five College Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature from 1983 to 1986. He was based at Hampshire College during this time. In May of 1984, Baldwin took part in an episode of Five College Journal, a locally produced, on-campus news program at Hampshire.

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What Can I Do? The Path from Climate Despair to Action

In 2019, daunted by the looming disaster of climate change and inspired by Greta Thunberg, Naomi Klein, and student climate strikers, Jane Fonda asked herself one question: What can I do? Jane Fonda, one of the most influential activists of our time, moved to Washington, D.C.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Holds Court on Protests

The murder of George Floyd, a Black man by a white Minneapolis police officer in 2020 pushed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to the brink. That is saying something for a man who, in addition to being an iconic athlete, has also been a civil rights activist for more than a half-century.

Brakkton Booker

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