Ground-breakers for Racial Equity & Justice
Jan Roberts, Founder of Cultural Innovations in Action, distilled 7 hours of zoom interviews to 6 minutes of highlights of conversations with William Darity, Ph.D. and Kirsten Mullen, Co-Authors of From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in 21st Century; Hakim Williams, Ed.D., Director of Peace & Justice Studies at Gettysburg College and Steve Hanlon, J.D., veteran public interest and civil rights attorney.
A Portfolio of Reparations for Black Americans Zoom Interview
Kirsten Mullen is co-author of From Here to Equality:Reparations for Black Americans in the 21st Century. Here is clip of her Zoom interview with Jan Roberts, Founder of Cultural Innovations in Action.
Over-incarceration and Voter Suppression of Black Americans Zoom Interview
William Darity, Jr. Ph.D. is an economist and researcher. He is Professor of Public Policy at Duke University. Together with Kirsten Mullen, he co-authored “From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the 21st Century. Skype interview with Jan Roberts, Founder of Cultural Innovations in Action.
Short Lived Hope of Reconstruction, the Rise of the Confederate Hero & Revision of History Zoom Interview
The Reconstruction Era was a brief moment in time when Freed Blacks were elected to office. They were a powerful influence in Southern States creating progressive legislation for a democracy that works for all. The rise of the Ku Klux Klan, White Terror and a strong coordinated effort to create a revisionist history of the Civil War ended the “Seven Mystic Years” of the Reconstruction Era as described by W.E.B. Dubois. A. Kirsten Mullen, co-author of From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the 21st Century describes the hopeful realities of this time and the forcefulness of the active forgetting effort to create the myth of the “Lost Cause” and the heroes of the confederacy that persist today. She is a writer, folklorist, museum consultant, and lecturer whose work focuses on race, art, history, and politics.
Winning Reparations for 1923 Rosewood Massacre’s Descendants with Steve Hanlon, J.D.
Civil Rights Attorney Steve Hanlon and his team’s victory for Rosewood reparations in 1994 was the first win for descendants of African Americans, who had suffered White violence after the Civil War. He shares the strategy used to convince the State of Florida of their moral and legal obligation. He is interviewed by Jan Roberts, founder of Cultural Innovations in Action.
Options for Racial Healing with Hakim Williams, Ed. D.
The Black Lives Matter protests, pandemic and economic crisis have shone a klieg light on the inequalities and injustices suffered by African and Native Americans for centuries. To move forward, we need to have a plan for reparations that includes healing on all sides. Hakim Williams, Ed.D. is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Director of Peace & Justice Center at Gettysburg College and conducts restorative circles in Black communities. He is interviewed by Jan Roberts, Founder of Cultural Innovations in Action.