To celebrate our newly digitized collection of eminent historical black orators, Cambridge Forum has teamed up with the Lincoln Institute to present a panel discussion featuring distinguished Cambridge Forum speakers Professors Randall Kennedy, Danielle Allen, Cheryl Townsend-Gilkes, and Cambridge City Councilor Denise Simmons.
What progress has been made in social justice and equality in America? Who writes American history? What outstanding issues urgently remain to be addressed by Americans?
This forum was made possible through partnerships with the Lincoln Institute and the Harvard Square Business Association. The digitization project was funded in part through grants from the City of Cambridge and Cambridge Community Foundation.
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Culture
Parenting While Black
Writer, poet, and teacher Clint Smith in conversation with Jude Nixon, Professor of English at Salem State University. Their discussion explores what it means to raise children during this challenging period of Black Lives Matter.
History
Markers and Reminders: MLK to BLM
Cambridge Forum partners with the Harvard Square Business Association to examine Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and Black Lives Matter's impact on the history of Cambridge, Boston, and beyond.
History
Civil Rights: Yesterday and Today
In honor of the late US Congressman from Georgia John Lewis, here's a special Cambridge Forum we recorded in 2001 at the National History Museum in Lexington, Massachusetts.