Activists and scholars gathered at Morgan State University April 4, 2013 to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The event’s focus was the particular relationship Dr. King had at the end of his life with the state, its mass media and leading civil rights leadership which meant a particular…
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This is conference audio of Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs delivering a powerful lecture on the historic media battle waged in the press between Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. DuBois. Dr. Burroughs put into political context this battle of words and evaluated the impact of this clash of titanic figures and ideologies in an engaging and provocative talk.
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Thanks to Bellevue College in Bellevue, WA. for the invitation to take another shot at the political function of these films and films in general.* *February 28, 2013
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