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In Policing We Trust: The History of Crime Fighting in Black America
Framed by the polarizing 2016 presidential race, advocates of law and order stand on one-side against competing claims for systemic police reform. Khalil Gibran Muhammad will address: How did we get here? What's new? Wh…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/in-policing-we-trust-history-of-crime-fighting-in-black-americaPolarized: The Rise of Ideology in U.S. Politics
The 2016 presidential election features the two most unpopular major party nominees in the history of opinion polling. How did that happen?
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/polarized-rise-of-ideology-in-us-politicsD-Day's Forgotten African-American Heroes
History seems to have forgotten the sole African-American combat unit to land on the shores of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Author, journalist and photographer, Linda Hervieux traces the story of these men and their j…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/d-days-forgotten-african-american-heroesRace, Food and Who We Are
Next to religion, food is often the one thing immigrants can hang on to, even when language and history dissipate. Eddie Huang, for whom food was a gateway into his Chinese heritage, talks about food as politics and foo…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/race-food-and-who-we-areThe Starry Road to Freedom
In this one-man show, Darius Wallace portrays 14 characters who influenced Frederick Douglass, reconstructing the complexity and radiance of Douglass’s spirit, leadership, and march toward freedom.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/starry-road-to-freedomEvolving Out Loud
Kyle Cease, Comedy Central's 2009 Comedian of the Year and winner of the Stand-Up Showdown, Cease is highly regarded for his unique ability to combine comedy and transformation.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/evolving-out-loudFor or Against: My Life as a Muslim in the West’s Gray Zone
Born and raised in Morocco, a place whose past and present permeate her writings, Laila Lalami is a novelist, short story writer and essayist with a unique and confident voice in the conversations about race and immigra…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/for-or-against-my-life-as-muslim-in-wests-gray-zone