{"id":221,"date":"2021-04-06T15:47:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T19:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/african-american-caucus\/?p=221"},"modified":"2024-06-14T07:58:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T11:58:58","slug":"battling-the-old-and-new-jelly-bean-test-african-americans-and-a-history-of-disenfranchisement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/african-american-caucus\/2021\/04\/06\/battling-the-old-and-new-jelly-bean-test-african-americans-and-a-history-of-disenfranchisement\/","title":{"rendered":"Battling the Old and New \u201cJelly Bean Test\u201d: African Americans and a History of Disenfranchisement"},"content":{"rendered":"
The African American Caucus is proud to present this program about voting rights as part of the Democracy Series<\/a> hosted by the Provost’s Office.<\/p>\n Battling the Old and New \u201cJelly Bean Test\u201d: African Americans and a History of Disenfranchisement<\/strong> Date: Thursday, May 6, 6pm-7:30pm on Zoom<\/p>\n This panel brings together academic and on-the-ground experts on voting rights and African American disenfranchisement with particular attention to New Jersey. Christopher Matthews, curator of \u201cThe Black Freedom Struggle in Northern New Jersey (1613-1860),\u201d will address the struggle for voting rights in 19th-century New Jersey. James E. Harris will speak to the efforts of the Montclair<\/span><\/span><\/span> Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to advance voting rights. Andra Gillespie, author of The New Black Politician: Cory Booker, Newark, and Post-Racial America<\/em> (2012), will review a the history of voter suppression in the United States–including the recent Georgia Senate Bill 202. Part of the Office for Faculty Advancement This is What Democracy Looks<\/em> Like?<\/em><\/a> series.<\/p>\n Moderator:\u00a0Leslie Wilson<\/a>, Professor of History and Associate Dean of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Montclair<\/span><\/span><\/span> State University<\/p>\n Panelists:<\/p>\n James E. Harris, 1st Vice President, Montclair Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People–involvement of NAACP<\/a><\/p>\n Christopher Matthews<\/a>, Professor of Anthropology, 精品成人福利在线 University<\/p>\n
\n* A Virtual and Accessible Event: ASL and Live Transcription<\/strong><\/p>\n