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More than a Slogan: Understanding the Historical Context of Black Lives Matter | Speakers

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  Chiyuma Elliott

  Associate Professor of African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley

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  Jim C. Harper

  Chair and Professor of History, North Carolina Central University

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  Robin D. G. Kelley

  Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History, University of California, Los Angeles

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  Jarvis McInnis

  Cordelia & William Laverack Family Assistant Professor of English, Duke University

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  J.T. Roane

  Assistant Professor of Geography and Africana Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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  Carolyn Streets

  Humanities Teacher, Engineering & Science University Magnet School, Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Fellow, New Haven, CT

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  Jakobi Williams
  (NHC Fellow, 2016–17)

  Ruth N. Halls Associate Professor and Chair, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies and Department of History, Indiana University

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  Yohuru Williams

  Distinguished University Chair and Professor of History; Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative, University of St. Thomas