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July 2020
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.
April 1984
Black Writers in White America: James Baldwin
Here’s a Cambridge Forum classic featuring James Baldwin, who visited the harbor campus of the University of Massachusetts in Boston in 1984.
October 2019
On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal
Naomi Klein makes the case that we will rise to the existential challenge of climate change only if we are willing to transform the systems that produced this crisis.
January 2019
Living With Robots
Judith Shulevitz, from the Atlantic Monthly, and Maxim Pozdorovkin, filmmaker of The Truth About Killer Robots discuss the future of robots.
December 2017
Race Still Matters
Political activist, author, and Harvard University professor Cornel West speaks on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his national best-seller Race Matters.
September 2017
No Justice, No Peace: Race and Power in America
Harvard Professor of Government Danielle Allen moderates this discussion with Professors Tommie Shelby, Elizabeth Hinton, and Khalil Gibran Muhammed.
November 2014
Witness to History: Remembering Freedom Summer
Jack Landron, a young musician well known to Boston-area audiences for his performances as Jackie Washington at Club 47 in Harvard Square, remembers his journey to Mississippi during the Freedom Summer.
September 2011
Reimagining Equality
Anita Hill reflects on her experience as an African American woman in the late 20th century. How successful have the movements for racial and gender equality been in eliminating barriers to opportunity?
March 2000
Remembering the Negro Leagues
Henry “Pistol” Bow Mason pitched in the Negro Leagues for the great Kansas City Monarchs and the Majors with the Phillies. Here he shares his experiences of playing alongside such greats as Satchel Page, Willy Mays, and Jackie Robinson.