Join the University of Alabama at Birmingham for a virtual conversation about how cities can help or hinder human rights movements.
“A Tale of Two Cities: Atlanta and Birmingham During the Civil Rights Movement” will be Wednesday, Jan. 17, from 4-5 p.m. via Zoom. The event is free. Join the stream online.
By discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama, and Atlanta, Georgia, speakers on the panel will shed light on how city governments, civil society leaders and urban geographies can advance or obstruct racial justice and human rights.
The speakers are:
- Falechiondro Karcheik Sims-Alvarado, Ph.D., an assistant professor of Africana studies at Morehouse College, CEO of Preserve Black Atlanta, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) dedicated to identifying, recording and preserving African American history and culture, and author of the book “Atlanta and the Civil Rights Movement, 1944-1968” (Arcadia, 2017).
- Barry McNealy is the historical content expert at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute.
- Ajanet Rountree is an expert in civil rights, a Ph.D. candidate at George Mason University, and a graduate of UAB’s Master of Arts in the Anthropology of Peace and Human Rights degree program.
This Social Justice Café event is part of King Week and Community Month at UAB. It is co-sponsored by the UAB Institute for Human Rights and departments of Anthropology, History, and Political Science and Public Administration, and the African American Studies Program, all in the College of Arts and Sciences.