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DESCRIPTION:Join the National Women’s History Museum as we welcome award-winning 
 historian \nand New York Times best-selling author, Keisha N. Blain, for a 
 conversation about\nher book, "Until I Am Free," on the life and activism 
 of Fannie Lou Hamer.\n\nDate and time: Sun, October 24, 2021 @ 12:00 PM – 
 1:00 PM PDT\n\nRSVP: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/until-i-am-free-in-conversation-with-author-dr-keisha-n-blain-tickets-162854210327\n\nACCESSIBILITY: 
 The NWHM strives to provide programs that are accessible to all visitors. 
 \nFor questions, or to request accommodations such as an ASL interpreter or 
 captioning, \nplease email history@womenshistory.org at least 7 days in 
 advance of the program.\n\n\n“We have a long fight and this fight is not 
 mine alone, but you are not free whether you are white or black, until I am 
 free.”—Fannie Lou Hamer\n\nIn "Until I Am Free," author Keisha N. Blain 
 situates Fannie Lou Hamer as a key political thinker alongside leaders such 
 as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks and demonstrates how 
 her ideas remain salient for a new generation of activists committed to 
 dismantling systems of oppression in the United States and across the 
 globe. \n\nThe book explores the Black activist’s ideas and political 
 strategies, highlighting their relevance for tackling modern social issues 
 including voter suppression, police violence, and economic inequality.\n\nA 
 blend of social commentary, biography, and intellectual history, "Until I 
 Am Free" is a manifesto for anyone committed to social justice. The book 
 challenges us to listen to a working-poor and disabled Black woman activist 
 and intellectual of the civil rights movement as we grapple with 
 contemporary concerns around race, inequality, and social 
 justice.\n\n\nABOUT: Dr. Keisha N. Blain \n\nDr. Keisha N. Blain is an 
 award-winning historian of the 20th century United States with broad 
 interests and specializations in African American History, the modern 
 African Diaspora, and Women’s and Gender Studies. She is an Associate 
 Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh and the president of 
 the African American Intellectual History Society. She is also a columnist 
 for MSNBC, covering race, gender, and politics in historical and 
 contemporary perspectives. She is currently a 2020-2021 fellow at the Carr 
 Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard University.\n\nBlain has 
 published extensively on race, gender, and politics in both national and 
 global perspectives. She is the author of the multi-prize-winning book Set 
 the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for 
 Freedom (2018) and co-editor of To Turn the Whole World Over: Black Women 
 and Internationalism (University of Illinois Press, 2019); New Perspectives 
 on the Black Intellectual Tradition (Northwestern University Press, 2018); 
 and Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence 
 (University of Georgia Press, 2016).\n\nHer latest books are the #1 New 
 York Times Best Seller Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African 
 America, 1619-2019, edited with Ibram X. Kendi (Penguin Random House/One 
 World, 2021); and Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to 
 America (Beacon Press, October 5, 2021). \n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/10/19/18845797.php
SUMMARY:"Until I Am Free": Book Talk on Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist w/ Historian Blain
LOCATION:Online event (FREE)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/10/19/18845797.php
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