“Where do we go from here?”
It’s the question so many are wondering now weeks after protests swept the world following the murder of George Floyd, and it’s the question at the core of a conversation hosted by the CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
Set for Thursday, Aug. 20, at 7 p.m., CALS will livestream a program titled The Legacy of Race and the Question of Reconciliation in Arkansas that will feature a panel of authors and authorities on race.
The hour-long session will include a Q&A with viewers via Zoom while covering “the steps that are necessary to fulfill the promise of equality here in the state of Arkansas and beyond.”
Here’s who’s on the panel:
- Brian Mitchell: assistant professor at UA Little Rock and co-author of the revised edition of “Blood in Their Eyes: The Elaine Massacre of 1919”
- J. Chester Johnson: poet, essayist, translator and author of “Damaged Heritage: The Elaine Race Massacre and a Story of Reconciliation”
- Barclay Key: associate professor at UA Little Rock and author of “Race and Restoration: Churches of Christ and the Black Freedom Struggle”
Click here to register for the Zoom meeting in order to engage with panelists, or you can watch live on YouTube, where the video will also live after the panel ends.