Events for Thursday, January 21, 2021
KEYNOTE SPEECH by Dr. Kenya Davis-Hayes: “The Movement Made Martin Rather than Martin Making the Movement: Exploring the Overshadowed Role of Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement.“
1:30 pm – 2:20 pm: Keynote speech by Dr. Kenya Davis-Hayes
2:30 pm – 3:20 pm: Students meet with Dr. Kenya Davis-Hayes
Open to all students, staff, and faculty. No registration required.
Zoom link: https://bellevuecollege.zoom.us/j/87639008183?pwd=d0t1N3ZNVXhXSHBneEE0VWR0aFJFQT09
Meeting ID: 876 3900 8183
Passcode: 293515
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+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
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Dr. Kenya Davis-Hayes is a professor of US History at California Baptist University, where she teaches U.S. History from the colonial period through the Cold War. Her research explores the imaging of race and its impact on popular culture, and she has lectured about the politics of American popular culture at universities worldwide including the National University of Rwanda, the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences and UNAM in Mexico City. She served as a gubernatorial appointee to California Humanities, the state branch of the National Endowment for the Humanities and regularly publishes in academic journals, as well as, educational companion pieces for two local PBS broadcasts—Lost LA and ArtBound. In 2019, Professor Davis-Hayes served as a Gilder Lehrman Institute lead scholar. In that capacity Professor Davis-Hayes, trained public school teachers in in-depth content knowledge regarding the women’s suffrage movement, antebellum civil rights efforts, and the relevance of Alexander Hamilton in modern society. She is currently writing a book about the history of black women on television during the Civil Rights era.
Sponsored by: Office of the President, Human Resources, MLK Planning Committee
If you have questions, please contact Jenn Pang (jenn.pang@bellevuecollege.edu).