Race & Ethnic Relations

LBJ's Peniel Joseph selected to receive the President's Award for Global Learning

Nov. 19, 2021
The LBJ School of Public Affairs is pleased to announce that Dr.

LBJ Authors: 'The Sword and the Shield' by Dr. Peniel Joseph

Feb. 3, 2021
Peniel Joseph , LBJ School professor and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy (CSRD) , is the author of the critically acclaimed book The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary...

LBJ Authors: 'The Sword and the Shield' by Dr. Peniel Joseph

Feb. 3, 2021
Peniel Joseph, LBJ School professor and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy (CSRD)

Are most white Americans guilty of 'supremacy' or just 'privilege'?

Aug. 27, 2020
The history of white supremacy is complex and the meaning of that term is often disputed. For more on that topic, The World's host Carol Hills spoke with Peniel Joseph, the founder of the Center for...

MLK's March on Washington speech foretold this seismic moment

Aug. 27, 2020
March on Washington 2020, nicknamed by organizers "Get Your Knees off Our Necks," took place on the 57th Anniversary of the March On Washington. This year's march, which is focused on ending police...

Are most white Americans guilty of 'supremacy' or just 'privilege'?

Aug. 27, 2020
The history of white supremacy is complex and the meaning of that term is often disputed.

MLK's March on Washington speech foretold this seismic moment

Aug. 27, 2020
March on Washington 2020, nicknamed by organizers "Get Your Knees off Our Necks," took place on the 57th Anniversary of the March On Washington.

Black Power scholar illustrates how MLK and Malcolm X influenced each other

Aug. 12, 2020
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are frequently seen as opposing forces in the struggle for civil rights and against white supremacy; King is often portrayed as a nonviolent insider, while Malcolm X is characterized as a by-any-means-necessary political renegade. But author and Black Power scholar Peniel Joseph says the truth is more nuanced. He spoke with Terry Gross of "Fresh Air" about the ways the two leaders influenced one another, which he examines in his book, The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

What Bill Clinton got 'exactly wrong' about Stokely Carmichael's role in the Black freedom struggle

Aug. 3, 2020
"Former president Bill Clinton's disparaging remarks about Black Power icon Stokely Carmichael (later Kwame Ture), made while eulogizing civil rights hero John Lewis last week, exhibited not only...
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