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Dr. Carson with historian Sara Evans and Terrence Roberts, one of the Little Rock 9, at the Opening Roundtable. All three are sitting down, Dr. Carson in the middle, Evans to his right, Roberts to his left. Dr. Carson is speaking and has his hands raised in the air to make a point.
May 31 2016 | Posted In: Clayborne Carson, King Institute
On May 19, 2016, Dr. Clayborne Carson traveled to Washington, D.C. for “The Future of the African American Past” conference. The directors of the newly constructed National Museum of African American History & Culture held the conference as an opportunity for historians to share research and...
Risha Krishna and teachers discuss. In the bottom left of the photo, the King Institute's folder can be seen. Documents and butcher paper are on the back wall in the photo.
May 12 2016 | Posted In: Clayborne Carson, King Institute, Liberation Curriculum
On Saturday, May 7, the King Institute hosted teachers from around the Bay Area for the Liberation Curriculum workshop "Looking Back and Looking Forward - Making Our Students Global Citizens." Facilitated by Risha Krishna, the Institute’s Curriculum Support Specialist, the workshop demonstrated how...
Participants in the conference pose with Dr. Clayborne Carson outside the venue. Bottom row, left to right: Clayborne Carson, Maria Varela, Greisa Martinez, Mary King, Todd Davies Upper row, left to right: Charles Taylor, Austin Belali, Maria Stephan, Jamila Raqib, David Hartsough.
May 11 2016 | Posted In: Clayborne Carson, King Institute
The Peace+Justice Studies Initiative (PJSI) at Stanford, in collaboration with the King Institute, recently held the conference "Ways to Justice: Perspectives on Nonviolence, Civil Resistance, and Self Defense" on May 6-8. The conference brought together prominent scholars and activists who shared...
Bob Fitch at the opening of his photographic archive at Stanford University
May 9 2016 | Posted In: Clayborne Carson, King Institute
After a career distinguished by peripatetic political engagement, photographer Bob Fitch [July 20, 1939-April 29, 2016] died in his sleep at his home in Watsonville, California from complications due to Parkinson's disease.  Bob is best known for his images of social justice movements during the...
Peacock seated in the library at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
May 2 2016
SNCC veteran Willie B. Wazir Peacock passed away 17 April 2016. He was at home in San Pablo, California. An activist and mentor, Peacock is remembered as a “kind, gentle, ‘salt of the earth’ person.” Born in Charleston, Mississippi, Peacock witnessed “slavery first hand on [the] plantation” where...

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