Martin Luther King Jr.’s call for a “radical redistribution of political and economic power” offers a way to challenge the growing power and influence of the authoritarian right. Come hear historians in conversation about a lesser-known side of the civil rights movement — and its relevance to fighting Trumpism today.
Nancy MacLean, William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University and author of Freedom Is Not Enough: The Opening of the American Workplace
Jeanne Theoharis, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and author of King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr. 's Life of Struggle Outside the South
Elizabeth Todd-Breland, Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois Chicago and co-author with the late Karen Lewis of I Didn't Come Here to Lie: My Life and Education
Sunday September 6, 2026 10:00am - 11:30am CDT TBA
