Civil Rights in Black and Brown

Next date: Saturday, February 01, 2025 | 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM

In honor of African American History Month, join us as we welcome Dr. Todd Moye, co-author ofCivil Rights in Black and Brown: Histories of Resistance and Struggle in Texas.

Attend in person or watch via Zoom

In this talk based upon the book, Moye will delve into the rich history of the two civil rights movements that flourished in mid-twentieth-century Texas, and especially Fort Worth. While African American and Mexican American activists worked chiefly within their own racial groups, they also looked to each other for guidance and, occasionally came together in solidarity. Moye will draw on more than 500 oral history interviews to reveal hidden histories of resistance and revolution and the connection between them. Book signing will follow.

Register for FREE on Zoom here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NbdYcA8xSv20nOn-evTnTg

About the Presenter:

J. Todd Moye is the Fenton Wayne Robnett Professor of U.S. History and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of North Texas. He also directs the UNT Oral History Program and is a past president of the Oral History Association. Moye is the author, editor, or co-creator of several articles, books, and digital projects on the history of the modern African American freedom struggle, the most recent of which is Civil Rights in Black and Brown: Histories of Resistance and Struggle in Texas. A graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and the University of Texas-Austin, Moye directed the National Park Service’s Tuskegee Airmen Oral History Project before coming to UNT.

About the Series:

Presented in conjunction with The Center for Texas Studies at TCU, these workshops are aimed at increasing the historical awareness of the community. The series is designed to make the public aware of the important, yet often overlooked historical resources around them, and how to preserve them for posterity. The goal of the workshops is to prove that "every person is a historian," and that they can, by their deeds and actions, preserve a small part of the cultural and historical fabric of this region.

The Center for Texas Studies at TCU is designed to celebrate all that makes Texas distinctive. It is housed in AddRan College of Liberal Arts, where various disciplines and programs can act in concert to foster and nurture the essence of Texas. History is, of course, central, but Texas literature, anthropology, ethnography, politics, religions, philosophy and design and textiles all represent elements that are a part of the incredible mosaic of Texas.

When

Location

Fort Worth Public Library - Southwest Regional, 4001 Library Lane, Fort Worth 76109  View Map

32.689025,-97.3941219

4001 Library Lane , Fort Worth 76109

Fort Worth Public Library - Southwest Regional

4001 Library Lane , Fort Worth 76109

Civil Rights in Black and Brown