We talk to Melina Abdullah about the fight to make Ethnic Studies a requirement at CSU campuses. We hear an excerpt of a talk given by Ibram X Kendi and political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal talks about the importance of Black August.
Melina Abdullah is Professor and former Chair of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles. She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Southern California in Political Science and her B.A. from Howard University in African American Studies. She was appointed to the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission in 2014 and is a recognized expert on race, gender, class, and social movements. Abdullah is the author of numerous articles and book chapters, with subjects ranging from political coalition building to womanist mothering. http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/pas/Abdullah.php
IBRAM X. KENDI is one of Americas foremost historians and leading antiracist voices. He is a National Book Award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author. Kendi is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and the Founding Director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. Kendi is a contributor writer at The Atlantic and a CBS News correspondent. He will become the 2020-2021 Frances B. Cashin Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for the Advanced Study at Harvard University. https://www.ibramxkendi.com/about
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