Leading public intellectual bell hooks engages in inspiring dialogue with Laverne Cox, critically acclaimed actress and the first trans woman of color to have a leading role on television. What are the politics of transgender women? What exactly does contemporary feminism look like? These questions inform their provocative conversation, part of bell hook's week-long residency … [Read more...]
A Public Dialogue Between bell hooks and Cornel West
A public dialogue between bell hooks & Cornel West hosted by Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (http://www.newschool.edu/lang). Cornel West is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual. He has taught at Union Theological Seminary, Yale, Harvard and the University of Paris. He has written 19 books and edited 13 books. He appears frequently on the … [Read more...]
bell hooks and Laverne Cox in a Public Dialogue at The New School
A Public Dialogue between bell hooks & Laverne Cox hosted by Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts (http://www.newschool.edu/lang) Laverne Cox is a critically acclaimed actress who currently appears in the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black, playing the groundbreaking role of “Sophia Burset,” an incarcerated African American transgender woman. Laverne is the first … [Read more...]
Symone Sanders Introduces Bernie Sanders in Greensboro, NC
Symone Sanders, Press Secretary of the Bernie 2016 campaign, introduces Senator Bernie Sanders, and speaks of the need for racial justice and economic reform. Learn more: http://bernie.to/Greensboro-NC Voting Rights Act,Symone Sanders,Bernie Sanders (U.S. Congressperson),Voting System (Literature Subject),Education,Racial Justice,Civil Rights,Campaign Finance Reform In The … [Read more...]
Symone Sanders: Highlights from the 2019 MLK Commemorative Address
On January 23, 2019, the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address was delivered by Symone Sanders, a CNN political commentator and National Press Secretary for Senator Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign. Prior to the address, Sanders met with students at the Douglass Leadership House for a discussion on her career, activism, and politics. In her address, … [Read more...]