Dr. Yohuru Williams '89 to appear on C-SPAN
Dr. Yohuru Williams '89, professor of history at Fairfield University, will appear on C-SPAN 3 this weekend. A crew from C-SPAN's American History TV came to Fairfield, CT to tape one of Dr. Williams' classes on the Civil Rights Movement in April.
The show will air on Saturday, August 10 at 8 p.m. and 12 a.m., as part of their "Lectures in History" series. You can watch the show at 1 p.m. on Sunday as well. For those who do not get C-SPAN 3, the lecture will be streamed live on C-SPAN's website. The entire program will be available on demand on August 12.
In the taping, Yohuru Williams looks at the Civil Rights era and compares it to other movements in American history. He also argues that the teaching of the Civil Rights Movement is too focused on leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., excluding the multitude who sacrificed and worked for equality, and especially minimizing the role of women. He points out the contributions of such activists as Daisy Bates, Jo Ann Robinson and Rosa Parks as being overlooked.