Understanding Black Lives Matter Web Series

Join the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

as we explore the development of the

Black Lives Matter Movement

This is a twelve-week web series occurring on Thursdays beginning at 6:00 p.m.

Understanding Black Lives Matter

Week 1 – September 3
Laying the foundation of the Black Lives Matter movement:  Social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries

Week 2 – September 10
Violence and Black oppression:  Remembering Tulsa, Rosewood, and other cities destroyed out of White rage

Week 3 – September 17
And they marched:  An overview of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Civil Rights Movement

Week 4 – September 24
The role of the Black Panther Party, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and the Nation of Islam in the Civil Rights Movement

Week 5 – October 1
And the women will speak:  Black women fighting for social change

Week 6 – October 8
See us:  The Black Studies, Arts, Museum/Cultural Movements

Week 7 – October 15
When activism turns into a social movement and when a social movement turns into political reform

Week 8 – October 22
Finding strength and motivation: Revolutionary music for a revolution

Week 9 – October 29
And the youth will lead:  Young people organizing for a better world

Week 10 – November 5
Everything isn’t alright: Communicating for change and being misunderstood

Week 11 – November 12
Why we still march?

Week 12 – November 19
Where do we go from here?

Hosted by: Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Student Diversity Programs

Contact: Carol Bennett
clbennett04@ysu.edu
330-941-3522