[H-PAD] Fwd: (Please forward) Tonight's James Baldwin Lecture ONLINE ONLY

Thu Feb 23 08:42:37 PST 2023

Please note: the campus is closed so tonight's event will ONLY be online.

Margaret Power for H-PAD

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From: Jessica Johnson <johnson at history.umass.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 23, 2023 at 10:30 AM
Subject: (Please forward) Tonight's James Baldwin Lecture ONLINE ONLY
To: Feinberg Series <feinberg at history.umass.edu>

Because of UMass Campus Closure, the 2023 James Baldwin Lecture by Bill
Fletcher Jr. will continue as scheduled on Zoom only.
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[image: NONE OF US IS FREE UNLESS ALL ARE FREE: ANTI-IMPERIALISM AND THE
BLACK RADICAL TRADITION]
2023 James Baldwin Lecture
Due to inclement weather and University of Massachusetts, Amherst campus
closures, the 2023 James Baldwin Lecture *will still be online but will not
be held in person.*

We hope you will still join us on Zoom tonight at 6pm EST. Please see the
information below *to register*
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The UMass Amherst W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, the
Department of History, and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts Present
None of Us Is Free Unless All Are Free:
Anti-Imperialism and the Black Radical Tradition
Lecture by Bill Fletcher Jr.

>From joining with First Nations peoples to contest European settlement to
protesting the annexation of foreign territory, the political struggles
waged by African Americans have fostered a vibrant Black Radical Tradition
consistently opposed to U.S. imperialism. Those drawing on this tradition
have not only protested U.S. invasions of other nations as a matter of
principle, but also highlighted the interconnections between injustices
waged abroad and oppression at home. In doing so, this tradition has often
served as the basis for solidarity with those struggling against U.S.
imperialism, a solidarity that has helped to inform radical movements here
against patriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalist exploitation.
Thursday, February 23, 6pm EST
Online by Zoom
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*This event will be live and recorded. Spanish interpretation and closed
captions will be available.*
Bill Fletcher Jr.

Bill Fletcher Jr.
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has
been an activist since his teen years. Upon graduating from college he went
to work as a welder in a shipyard, thereby entering the labor movement.
Over the years he has been active in workplace and community struggles as
well as electoral campaigns. He has worked for several labor unions in
addition to serving as a senior staff person in the national AFL-CIO.

Fletcher is the former president of TransAfrica Forum; a senior scholar
with the Institute for Policy Studies; and in the leadership of several
other projects. Fletcher is the co-author (with Peter Agard) of* The
Indispensable Ally: Black Workers and the Formation of the Congress of
Industrial Organizations, 1934-1941*; the co-author (with Fernando Gapasin)
of *Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward
Social Justice*; and the author of *“They’re Bankrupting Us!” – And Twenty
Other Myths about Unions*. Fletcher is a syndicated columnist and a regular
media commentator on television, radio and the web.
The James Baldwin Lecture

The James Baldwin Lecture
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addresses issues connected to social, economic, and political justice and
underpinnings in institutional racism. The lecture honors the late James
Baldwin, who taught at UMass for several years. It was established by and
made possible with generous support from History Department alumnus Dr.
Allen J. Davis ’68. The lecture is co-presented by the UMass Amherst W.E.B.
Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies
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the Department of History
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and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts
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This year's lecture is offered as part of the Feinberg Series, Confronting
Empire
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which is presented by the History Department in collaboration with more
than three dozen community and university partners.
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The Feinberg Series is made possible thanks to Kenneth R. Feinberg '67 and
associates. See website for co-sponsors.

*Our mailing address is:*
UMass Amherst Department of History
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