Civil Rights and the Military

Athletic Protests

Howard Bryant, senior writer for ESPN and author of The Heritage: Black Athletes, a Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism, explores racial protest in the sports industry. Bryant has worked as reporter for the Washington Post and the Boston Herald, and is a prolific baseball writer on a variety of topics affecting the game. He also contributes to ESPN The Magazine, ESPN, and ESPN Radio.

Mothers of the Civil Rights Movement

Anna Malaika Tubbs, advocate, educator, and author of The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr, Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation, explores how three extraordinary women influenced the history of civil rights in the US. Anna Malaika Tubbs has written on topics ranging from the forced sterilization of Black women, the importance of feminism, intersectionality, and inclusivity. Her work has been featured in TIME Magazine, the Huffington Post, For Harriet, Darling Magazine, and Blavity.

Ferguson

Wesley Lowery explores the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and the unrest that followed. Lowery is is a journalist at CBS News and author of They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement.

The Racial Wealth Gap

Mehrsa Baradaran, professor of law at the University of California Irvine, explores the racial wealth gap. Professor Baradaran writes about banking law, financial inclusion, and inequality. Her scholarship includes The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap, which was awarded the Best Book of the Year by the Urban Affairs Association.

Civil Rights and the Military

Rawn James, Jr., author of The Double V: How Wars, Protest and Harry Truman Desegregated America's Military, explores race in the US military. A graduate of Yale University and Duke University School of Law, Rawn James, Jr. has practiced law for two decades in Washington, D.C. His previous books include Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood Marshall and the Struggle to End Segregation.