H-Kentucky ANN: Khalil Gibran Muhammad on Civil Rights Movement, Nov 20, 5:30 pm, Univ of Louisville Discussion published by Randolph Hollingsworth on Saturday, November 9, 2013 "Why the Past Won’t Go Away: The Crisis of History in the Age of Post-Racialism” 7th Annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture by Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 5:30 pm University of Louisville, Student Activities Center Multipurpose Room What does it mean when history as a discipline is under attack at a time when we have a black president and murders of unarmed black teens? Schomburg Center director Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad explains how knowing the past directly relates to understanding the present race-related crises. In his talk, Dr. Muhammad is expected to respond to the Trayvon Martin assassination, the Zimmerman verdict and how we remember the March on Washington and other major historical events. While addressing issues such as mass incarceration and punitive actions against youth of color, he will focus on the present attack on historical understanding/historical literacy. Dr. Muhammad will talk about the present disinvestment in history departments, in history students and in historical learning among younger people, and how these affect both white supremacy and people of color’s perceptions of themselves. Dr. Muhammad is director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research division of the New York Public Library, and a former associate professor of history at Indiana University-Bloomington. His bookThe Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America, published by Harvard University Press, won the 2011 John Hope Franklin Best Book award in American Studies. He is now working on his second book, Disappearing Acts: The End of White Criminality in the Age of Jim Crow, which traces the historical roots of the changing demographics of crime and punishment so evident today. This event is free and open to the public. Download a flyer here. For more information, visit the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice website: http://anne-braden.org/anne-brade-memorial-lectures/. Citation: Randolph Hollingsworth. ANN: Khalil Gibran Muhammad on Civil Rights Movement, Nov 20, 5:30 pm, Univ of Louisville. H- Kentucky. 11-09-2013. https://networks.h-net.org/node/2289/discussions/3461/ann-khalil-gibran-muhammad-civil-rights-movement-nov-20-530-pm-univ Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. 1.