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We Are Worth  Fighting For: A History of the HU Student  Protest of 1989

Feb

19

We Are Worth Fighting For: A History of the HU Student Protest of 1989

by Center for Black Literature | Medgar Evers College

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Fri, Feb 19, 2021, 5:00 PM EST

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This 2021 Black History Month event will examine the historic takeover of the main administration building at Howard University in 1989.

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We Are Worth Fighting For: A History of the Howard University Student Protest of 1989 (New York University Press, 2019) examines the historic three-day takeover of the main administration building at Howard University in 1989.

The discussion will focus on the history of student activism at Howard University, the events leading up to The Protest, and The Protest’s connection to today’s social justice movements.

Speakers include the book's author and historian Dr. Joshua M. Myers; Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and cultural arts advocate April R. Silver (the Howard University students who co-lead the 1989 protest); and award-winning writer asha bandele. CBL Founder and Executive Director Dr. Brenda M. Greene will moderate the discussion.

This special Black History Month event is presented in partnership with the CUNY Association of Black Faculty and Staff and the Center for Law and Social Justice at Medgar Evers College, CUNY. AKILA WORKSONGS is the event sponsor.

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  • #hbcu
  • #students
  • #blackpower
  • #blackhistorymonth
  • #howarduniversity
  • #blackliterature
  • #centerforblackliterature
  • #medgareverscollege
  • #blackscholars
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