Paul Englesberg, an editorial board member at the Journal of
Educational Controversy, will be a speaker in a three-part series of lectures sponsored by our
local library here in Bellingham, Washington.
The series, "Intolerance & Injustice: Where We've Been, What
We've Learned,” will look back at some of the intolerance that occurred in our own community. Confronting historical
memory is the first step to healing and change.
Perhaps, this is an event that should take place in local communities
throughout the nation, communities that are trying to confront and reexamine their
past in order to move forward to a more just future.
Below is information on all three lectures that will take
place in April at the Bellingham Public Library in Washington State:
A free lecture series in April will explore issues of
injustice and intolerance in our Bellingham and Whatcom County communities.
The series, titled "Intolerance & Injustice: Where
We've Been, What We've Learned," is three presentations in April featuring
speakers who will explore examples in local history of intolerance and
challenges to opportunity and justice, as well as contemporary events and
issues.
The series is being put on by the Bellingham Public Library.
All lectures take place at 7 p.m. in the Central Library Lecture Room in
Bellingham.
April 2: Purge & Prejudice: The 1907 Bellingham
Anti-Hindu Riot
University professor Paul Englesberg presents a multi-media
exploration of the 1907 riot in Bellingham, which drove away from our community
hundreds of Asian immigrant workers, most of whom were Sikhs from India.
Includes analysis of the causes and consequences of the riot, illustrations
from archival sources, showing of the 15-minute documentary "We're Not
Strangers" and opportunity for discussion.
Englesberg is professor of education at Walden University,
specializing in adult and higher education and educational research. Previously
he was on the education faculty at Western Washington University, where he
initiated the Asian American Curriculum and Research Project.
April 8: Free Speech, Free Love & Costly Politics:
Bellingham's Own Private Red Scare
Reporter and university instructor Ron C. Judd describes the
virulent political climate in 1930s Bellingham, which was well ahead of its
time in "Red-Scare" politics that would sweep the nation during the
Cold War. Battling factions of the day, led by The Bellingham Herald on the
right, and fledgling KVOS Radio on the left, waged a decade-long media war that
ultimately would put the city on the national map for political extremism --
and claim the popular president of the local college, Charles H. Fisher.
Judd is a Bellingham resident and longtime columnist and
reporter for The Seattle Times. He is the author of numerous nonfiction books,
including works of humor, outdoor guides and a history of the Winter Olympics.
He is a journalism instructor at Western Washington University and a 2015 James
W. Scott Research Fellow at WWU's Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.
April 15: Mid-Century Dream to Today's Reality: All the Ways
that Race Still Matters
Western Washington University professor and author Vernon
Damani Johnson will explore the ideas and expectations set forth at
mid-century, when the Voting Rights Act, Affirmative Action and other
initiatives were initially conceived, contrasted with recent events and
challenges to equal opportunity and justice for all.
Johnson has been a faculty member in the Department of
Political Science at Western Washington University since 1986. He was on the
advisory committee to Reverend Jesse Jackson’s Presidential Campaign in 1988
and served on the Steering Committee of the Washington State Rainbow Coalition
from 1988-92. When the militia movement swept into the region in the 1990s,
Damani helped found the Whatcom Human Rights Task Force, and chaired its board
from 1997-2000.
Each presentation is free and open to the public. For more
information, contact the Bellingham Public Library at 360-778-7323 or
www.bellinghampubliclibrary.org.
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