Political Science Department Hosts Panel Discussion on the History of Black Politics
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ATHENS, Ohio (September 29, 2000) -- Ohio University's Political Science Department kicks off its new Fall Lecture Series with a panel discussion titled "Cold War, National Black Political Leadership and Civil Rights: Containing the Threat of a Black Revolution, 1948-1970" at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4 in Galbreath Chapel.
Panelists for the discussion include Ohio University Assistant Professor of Political Science Lewis Randolph and University of Missouri history professors Carol Anderson and Robert Weems Jr.
Randolph has written several publications on urban and black politics, including "The Origins of the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement" and "The Civil Rights Movement in Richmond, 1940-1977: Race, Class and Gender in the Structuring of Protest Activity." He is working on books titled "Whatever Happened to Black Capitalism?: The Rise and Fall of Richard M. Nixon's Plan for Black America," "Black Conservatives, Made in America: The Dimensions of Black Conservatism" and "Rights for a Season: The Politics of Race, Class, and Gender in a Southern City."
Anderson's academic interests include 20th century American and African-American history. She also is an expert in diplomatic history and the effects of the Cold War and U.S. foreign policy on the black freedom struggle. Her published books include "Bleached Souls and Red Negroes: The NAACP and Black Communists in the Early Cold War, 1948 to 1952" and "From Hope to Disillusion: African-Americans and the United Nations, 1944 to 1947." Anderson is working on a book titled "Eye Off the Prize: African Americans, the United Nations and the Struggle for Human Rights."
Weems is an expert in the history of civil rights, black businesses, the African-American experience and diplomatic history concerning civil and human rights. His publications include "Desegregating the Dollar: African-American Consumerism in the Twentieth Century," "Black Business
in the Black Metropolis: The Chicago Metropolitan Assurance Company, 1925-1985" and "The Decline of Black Business in Contemporary America: An Economic Consequence of the Civil Rights Movement." Weems is co-writing a book with Randolph titled "Whatever Happened to Black Capitalism?: The Rise and Fall of Richard M. Nixon's Plan for Black America."
Ohio University Political Science Chair Michael Mumper will give the welcome address, while Ohio University Professor of Educational Studies Adah Ward Randolph will serve as moderator.
The Political Science Fall Lecture Series was created to provide an interdisciplinary outlet that promotes an intellectual exchange of ideas on important political events and issues that impact Americans' lives.
