{"id":536,"date":"2024-06-21T16:15:13","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T16:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=536"},"modified":"2024-10-17T14:53:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T14:53:03","slug":"the-black-experience-in-america","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/lectures\/the-black-experience-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture: The Black Experience in America, November 14-15, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\"><em>\u201cIn one blow oppression has deprived the descendants of the Africans of almost all the privileges of humanity<\/em><em>\u201d (Democracy in America).<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1JTaSW9Isig\">PART 1 &#8211; NOVEMBER 14, 2023 &#8211; 6:30-8:00PM &#8211; Johns Hall 101<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fZV9dkoilN0\">PART 2 &#8211; NOVEMBER 15, 2023 &#8211; 5:00-6:30PM &#8211; Watkins Room, Trone Student Center<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Public Intellectuals:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Monica Bell (Yale Law)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-573 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2023\/11\/Monica-Bell-642x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"259\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2023\/11\/Monica-Bell-642x768.png 642w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2023\/11\/Monica-Bell-428x512.png 428w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2023\/11\/Monica-Bell.png 734w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 217px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 217\/259;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Monica Bell is professor of law and associate professor of sociology at Yale. She holds a B.A. from Furman, an M.Sc. from University College Dublin, a J.D. from Yale, and a Ph.D. in sociology and social policy from Harvard. Bell uses sociology to explore legal questions about racial inequality. Her scholarship has appeared in the <em>American Journal of Sociology<\/em>, <em>Harvard Civil Rights \u2013 Civil Liberties Law Review<\/em>, and other journals. Bell has also published popular writing. She clerked for the Hon. Cameron Currie and served as a legal fellow at the Legal Aid Society of D.C. Bell was the first Black woman to be a tenure-track faculty member at Yale Law School. She has received substantial recognition for her scholarship and mentorship. In earlier years, Bell was honored as a Truman Scholar and Mitchell Scholar. A native of Anderson, S.C., Bell is a first-generation college graduate and a member of the LGBTQ+ community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>R. Khari Brown (Wayne State)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-572 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2023\/11\/Khari-Brown-PHOTO-765x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"243\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2023\/11\/Khari-Brown-PHOTO-765x768.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2023\/11\/Khari-Brown-PHOTO-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2023\/11\/Khari-Brown-PHOTO-768x771.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2023\/11\/Khari-Brown-PHOTO-510x512.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2023\/11\/Khari-Brown-PHOTO.jpg 770w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 242px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 242\/243;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Khari Brown is professor of sociology at Wayne State University. He earned a B.A. from Wayne State University, and an M.S.W. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. His most recent book is <em>Race and the Power of Sermons on American Politics<\/em>, which examines the impact of race on the relationship between religion and social justice attitudes and political activism in the United States. His new book project examines how race and faith impact congregational involvement in grassroots social justice activism, including environmental activism. Brown is co-investigator of National Politics Study, a bi-annual study that assesses American political attitudes and behaviors and religious life. He also regularly consults for the Pew Research Center.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Andra Gillespie (Emory)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-571 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2023\/11\/Andra-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"253\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2023\/11\/Andra-photo.jpg 468w, https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2023\/11\/Andra-photo-150x150.jpg 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 253px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 253\/253;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Andra Gillespie is associate professor of political science and director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference at Emory University. She earned a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. from Yale. She is the author or editor of three books: <em>Race and the Obama Administration: Substance, Symbols and Hope<\/em>, <em>The New Black Politician: Cory Booker, Newark and Post-Racial America<\/em>, and <em>Whose Black Politics? Cases in Post-Racial Black Leadership<\/em>. She has also published articles in <em>Phylon<\/em>, <em>Journal of Race and Policy<\/em>, <em>American Politics Review<\/em>, and the <em>National Political Science Review<\/em>. Finally, Gillespie is a prolific columnist; her many opinion pieces have appeared in newspapers and other publications across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1JTaSW9Isig\">View Part 1 Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fZV9dkoilN0\">View Part 2 Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":632,"template":"","update-categories":[10],"class_list":["post-536","furman-update","type-furman-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","furman-update-category-past-lectures"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lectures\/536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lectures"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/furman-update"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lectures\/536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lectures\/536\/revisions\/987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/tocqueville-program\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}