KEY COMPONENTS OF SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
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"For me, the most important lesson [of the Freedom Movement] is that by respecting the fact that fellow activists could passionately disagree over strategy and tactics—yet remain allies—they strengthened SNCC and the Movement as a whole." From Bruce Hartford's article in Urban Habitat.
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MY WEBSITE: educationanddemocracy.org

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Erika Huggins at MoAD Sept 25th

[SF Freedom School focuses on the Southern Freedom Movement. This is a related issue....I suggest an excellent book that helps put the Black Panther movement in perspective...Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity, Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar]


Silver Anniversary Speaker Series Talk:
Ericka Huggins in Conversation with Ronald K. Porter

Museum of the African Diaspora (MOAD)
685 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA
Saturday, September 25th
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $10, GLBTHS Members: $5

In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Historical Society of Northern California is holding a series of important conversations across generations. As the first event in our Silver Anniversary Speakers Series, they are proud to present activist, educator, former political prisoner and leader of the Black Panther Party, Ericka Huggins, in conversation with UC-Berkeley doctoral student, Ronald K. Porter. Ericka and Ronald will discuss perspectives on queer history, the Black Panther Party's relationship with the Gay Liberation Movement, sustaining activism, and promoting social justice.
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