The Black Freedom Struggle From Reconstruction To The Present

EHST is delighted to have William Chafe,  the Alice Mary Baldwin Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University, speak to us about the Black freedom struggle.  He will go back to the Freedmen’s Bureau agenda in 1865 proposing measures to achieve both political and economic equality for Blacks, then show how the issue of economic equality was neglected, even during the rise of the civil rights movement in the 20th century. The presentation will discuss the evolution of the civil rights movement, and critical moments when the movement’s goals were ignored, with the result that Black Americans earn  today  only  62 per cent of what white Americans earn.

This meeting is a Zoom “hybrid” meeting. We will meet at our regular venue, Extraordinary Ventures, where the program will take place. We will also Zoom the program. If you wish to attend via Zoom, please email chris.kaman@ehstnc.org with your first and last name to be registered as an attendee for this program.