Join us for a part three of our conversation series where we discuss Robin D.G. Kelley’s influential essay Black Study, Black Struggle, which reflects on the role of student activism in the wake of the Ferguson uprising and the broader movement against racial injustice.
In this essay, Kelley explores the history of campus protest, the tensions between reform and radical change, and the question of whether universities can truly serve as engines of social transformation. He also examines how political education, collective study, and community organizing have long shaped movements for liberation.
This conversation is part of our pre-reading discussion series leading up to our annual public lecture. Participants will engage key themes from the essay, reflect on the role of universities in movements for justice, and consider what it means to connect study with struggle in the present moment.
Light dinner will be served.
Pre-discussion reading: https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/robin-kelley-black-struggle-campus-protest/