Guest Speaker to Explore Civil Rights Movement, Black Lives Matter Protests

As Duquesne continues to prioritize civil discourse and greater inclusivity on campus, students, faculty and staff are encouraged to participate in events and conversations to further these goals.

Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, associate professor of history at The Ohio State University, will present What the Civil Rights Movement Can Teach Us About Black Lives Matter Protests. This free event is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 4:30 p.m. and will be held via Zoom.  

Jeffries, the author of Bloody Lowndes: Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama’s Black Belt, is editor of Understanding and Teaching the Civil Rights Movement, which won the 2020 James Harvey Robinson Prize from the American Historical Association. He also wrote and narrated the 10-episode Audible original series Great Figures of the Civil Rights Movement.

In addition, Jeffries has won several major teaching awards, including The Ohio State University Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching, the university’s highest award for teaching.

Jeffries has worked on several public history projects, including serving as lead historian for the five-year, $25 million renovation of the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tenn. He also hosts the podcast Teaching Hard History: American Slavery, a production of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Division of Teaching Tolerance.

Jeffries earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Morehouse College and a doctorate in American history with a specialization in African-American history from Duke University.

What the Civil Rights Movement Can Teach Us About Black Lives Matter Protests is sponsored by the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, the Department of History and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion on behalf of the Duquesne NAACP Chapter and Ebony Woman for Social Change.

Guests can register using the Jeffries event registration webform.