72,238 research outputs found
EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee - Brexit: plant and animal biosecurity
No full textAnswers given to questions asked by the House of Lords EU and Energy Subcommittee as part of the enquiry Brexit: plant and animal biosecurity, 25 April 2018. Three academics attended: Dr Robert Black of the Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich; Dr Emily Lydgate, University of Sussex; Dr Kezia Barker, Birkbeck College, University of London. A full transcript was made available that will formed the basis of questioning of senior government officials in May 2018
A question of survival: Robert F. Williams and black armed self-defense in the american south, 2018
No full textMany academic and popular accounts of the Civil Rights era emphasize nonviolent activists and activism at the expense of those who embraced armed self-defense and resistance. Nevertheless, the latter played a significant role within these struggles. One of the most significant was Robert F. Williams, a black militant activistand president of the local NAACP chapter in Monroe, North Carolinawho embraced armed self-defense as a necessary and instrumental component for the liberation of black people in America. After publicly declaring that blacks should defend themselves and hold racist whites accountable through armed self-defense, he was met with immeasurable backlash from other civil rights leaders and organizations, including the national NAACP. The purpose of this study is to examine his beliefs in the necessity of armed self-defense, as well as his impact on the civil rights movement. KEY TERMS: Robert F. Williams, Armed Resistance, Guns, NAACP, Self Defense, SNCC, United States Histor
Annual Banquet. Ella Mitchell, Black Women and Black Religion
No full textThis recording features a presentation on Black women and Black religion by Dr. Ella Mitchell. In her presentation, she discusses hermeneutical error by giving examples from the Bible. She also gives a cultural basis for Black women in the clergy.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.</em
Lecture: Method, Structure and Content for Contemporary Black Ethicist. Dr. Peter Paris. Response by William DeVeaux, audience response
No full textDr. Peter Paris lectures about the task of ethics for Black ethicists. In the lecture he gives five presuppositions of ethics. He further details the phases in the task of ethics. In the first phase Dr. Paris challenges Black ethicist for descriptive and interpretive analysis of moral conflicts in the experience of Black Americans in relations between White and Black Americans and among Blacks themselves. William DeVeaux gives a response to Dr. Paris's lecture. Questions are raised from the audience which includes Henry Mitchell and Cornell West.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.</em
Black Women in Radio Collection and Oral History Project
No full textBlack Women In Radio (BWIR) is committed to the historical preservation of America's Black female broadcasters and their contributions to Black radio culture and digital media. BWIR conducts ongoing research to capture the perspectives of Black and minority women who might otherwise be excluded or overlooked in historic conversations curated by BWIR Founder, Felesha Love.
The BWIR Collection will highlight the careers of 30 radio luminaries including Founder and Chairperson of Urban One Cathy Hughes, Media Icon Dyana Williams, and syndicated radio personalities Angela Yee, DeDe McGuire, and Jasmine Sanders and more. Hundreds of hours of audio, video, interviews, photos, and mementos were donated to offer a look at both the struggles and triumphs of Black women in radio and media
Black Women and Black Religion. Ella Mitchell, keynote speaker
No full textDr. Ella Mitchell gives a lecture about Black women in Black religion. She gives a series of questions to discuss the topic. Those questions deal with the biblical and cultural basis for the oppression of women in ministry within the Black church. Dr. Mitchell offers answers to the questions posed through scriptures such as 1st Corinthians 14:31 and Timothy 2:12. These biblical scriptures (along with generational put downs and self-esteem issues of women) are the basis for the oppression of women according to Dr. Mitchell. She gives examples in the AME, AME Zion and New Testament Baptist Church of Chicago (Rev. Judy Trim) of breakthroughs for women in the Black church. Her husband Dr. Henry Mitchell, Dr. Riggins Earl Jr. and Cornell West are among those in the audience.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.</em
Lecture: A Review of Current Feminist Literature in Relation to Black Feminist & Black Oppression. Kelly Brown, Union Seminary, NY. Audience response. Annual Meeting
No full textKelly Brown, a student at Union Theological Seminary of New York, gives a lecture as audience members (including Cornell West and Henry Mitchell) asks questions. In her lecture, Kelly Brown links racial and sexual oppression to patriarchy. She critiques Black and feminist theological responses to patriarchy by examining the positive and negative aspects of each in relation to the Black woman. Kelly Brown argues both revolutionary and reformist Feminist approaches to theology and Black theology (while containing positives) fail to take into account the religious experience of the Black woman. She also argues against the oppression of Black women in the Black Church in America.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.</em
Mitchell, Dr. Henry H., History and Cultural Perspective of Black Preaching
No full textDr. Henry Mitchell delivers a lecture on historical and cultural perspectives of Black preaching. In the lecture Dr. Mitchell traces Black preaching to the oral traditions of Africa. He also discusses the loss of solitude in preaching due to urbanization.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.</em
Discussion of Black Belief (At Society for the Study of Black Religion)
No full textRev. Dr. Albert C. Williams gives a critique of Black Belief : Folk Beliefs of Blacks in America and West Africa by Dr. Henry Mitchell at the Society for the Study of Black Religion meeting. In his criticism, Williams accuses Mitchells work of being excessive in theological and apologetic posturing. He also speaks of jazz and blues mentioned within Mitchells book. Dr. Henry Mitchell also responds to Williams critique and answers questions from the audience.The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the National Endowment for Humanities - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Implementation Project Grant in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of its major archival collections as part of the project: Spreading the Word: Expanding Access to African American Religious Archival Collections at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library.</em
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