CBH Talks: Brooklyn Resists, Act Three: Black Lives Matter
“Brooklyn Resists” is a three-part series that looks at the long history of Black-led protest in Brooklyn. Our final “Act” digs into the explosion of protest of the last year, as young people of color and their allies demand an end to systemic racism and police brutality.
The summer of 2020 saw protesters flood the streets of Brooklyn in response to the brutal police killing of George Floyd. The local activists who led the daily marches and rallies follow in the footsteps of centuries of Black activists. Join panelists Nialah Edari, one of those activist leaders and Co-Founder of Freedom March NYC; acclaimed historian Elizabeth Hinton, whose latest book "America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s" demonstrates the clear precursors in Black rebellion; and Junior Mintt, an activist fighting for Black trans rights, as they explore the last year of Black protest and what the future holds for the fight for a fair, just and equal society. Jami Floyd, Senior Editor for the Race & Justice Unit at New York Public Radio and the Legal Editor in the WNYC Newsroom, moderates this final conversation.
To see the recordings of "Brooklyn Resists, Act One: Suffrage, Abolition and the Untold Stories of Black Women Leaders" and "Brooklyn Resists, Act Two: CORE and the Civil Rights Movement," visit the Center for Brooklyn History YouTube channel.
Participants
Elizabeth Hinton is associate professor of history and African American studies at Yale University and a professor of law at Yale Law School. Her latest book, America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s, was praised as “groundbreaking, deeply researched and profoundly heart-rending” by the New York Times. She is also author of From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
Nialah Edari is the Co-Founder of Freedom March NYC, a youth protest and policy group pushing for nonviolent reform in New York City and nationally. A leader of NYC’s protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, she has been recognized by Vogue Magazine as one of the 50 trailblazing activists from across the globe, The Financial Times named her one of the leading Women of 2020, Columbia University recognized her as one of 8 Columbians you should know, and the NY State Senate honored her with a proclamation for activism and service to the community during Black History Month. Nialah hails from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Junior Mintt is a Brooklyn–based activist and drag artist who has made it her mission to spread a message of Black trans power. She was a host of the June 14, 2020 Brooklyn Liberation Action in support of Black Trans Lives at the Brooklyn Museum of Art that rallied 15,000 people, many wearing white. Mintt’s drag performances reflect an intersectional, empowered message, and combine motivational speaking, comedy, political statements and music.
Jami Floyd is the Senior Editor for the Race & Justice Unit at New York Public Radio. She is also the Legal Editor in the WNYC Newsroom. Floyd is well-known as the former local host of “All Things Considered.” With a degree from Berkeley Law School, Ms. Floyd taught law at Stanford Law School before embarking on a journalism career that spans two decades and has included stints at ABC News, CBS News, and Court TV. She has appeared as a legal and political analyst on many news outlets including CNN, Fox News, NBC, MSNBC, and PBS.
This is the third of three programs presented by the Center for Brooklyn History and New York University's Brooklyn-based 370JProject, in partnership with NYU's Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation (OGI), the Center for Black Visual Culture and the Institute for Public Knowledge.
Image: Photo by Terrence Jennings.
