Institute for Ethnic Studies’ 2023 Visiting Distinguished Fellow Dr. Tanisha Ford Lecture
Righting the ‘Sideways’ Archive, Or How I Uncovered the Hidden History of Black Women’s Philanthropy
5:30 pm –
7:00 pm
Wick Alumni Center
Target Audiences:
1520 R St
Lincoln NE 68508
Lincoln NE 68508
Additional Info: WICK
Contact:
Joy Castro, jcastro2@unl.edu
You’re warmly invited to a Friday-evening public lecture by Dr. Tanisha C. Ford, the Institute for Ethnic Studies’ 2023 Visiting Distinguished Fellow.
Dr. Ford, Professor of History at The Graduate Center, CUNY, and the award-winning author of 4 books, will discuss the research behind her latest work, Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement (Amistad/HarperCollins, 2023).
Dr. Ford’s lecture is free and open to the public, and everyone is welcome. Please share widely with anyone who might be interested.
Dr. Ford’s new book will be available for purchase and signing, as will some of her others:
• Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul (UNC, 2015)
• Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl’s Love Letter to the Power of Fashion (St. Martin’s, 2019)
• Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful (Aperture, 2019)
Dr. Ford, Professor of History at The Graduate Center, CUNY, and the award-winning author of 4 books, will discuss the research behind her latest work, Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement (Amistad/HarperCollins, 2023).
Dr. Ford’s lecture is free and open to the public, and everyone is welcome. Please share widely with anyone who might be interested.
Dr. Ford’s new book will be available for purchase and signing, as will some of her others:
• Liberated Threads: Black Women, Style, and the Global Politics of Soul (UNC, 2015)
• Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl’s Love Letter to the Power of Fashion (St. Martin’s, 2019)
• Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful (Aperture, 2019)
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This event originated in DEI Learning Opportunities.