First Person: Writing Activist Lives from the Inside

Our Spring 2025 season begins with an online event, First Person: Writing Activist Lives from the Inside. Four life-long activists will discuss their lives in the movement and the process and politics of writing personal histories of Black freedom struggles. Millicent Brown will present on Another Sojourner Looking for Truth, illuminating her long life in the movement beyond her role in the desegregation of schools in South Carolina. Mike Africa Jr. will discuss On A Move: Philadelphia’s Notorious Bombing and a Native Son’s Lifelong Battle for Justice, a story of ongoing resistance in the face of extreme state violence. David J. Dennis Jr. and David J. Dennis Sr. will share about their intergenerational legacy in the movement from Freedom Summer to the Algebra Project, which they write about in The Movement Made Us: A Father, a Son, and the Legacy of a Freedom Ride.