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My Vanishing Country: Bakari Sellers talks about memior on being son of civil rights hero
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Date:
Tuesday, June 09, 2020
Time:
3:00 PM
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4:00 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
Organizer/Author:
The Commonwealth Club
Location Details:
Online via Livestream
NEW BOOK TALK: "My Vanishing Country: A Memior"
SPEAKER: Bakari Sellers
Former South Carolina House of Representatives 2006–2014
Democratic Nominee, South Carolina Lt. Governor 2014
Tue, Jun 9 @ 3:00 pm PT
Bakari Sellers became the youngest elected official in the country at the age of 22 when he won a seat in South Carolina’s House of Representatives. He argues, however, that his journey began long before he was born.
His family faced many struggles as a part of the South's dwindling rural, black working class—losing access to health care as rural hospitals disappeared; attempting to make ends meet as the factories people relied on shut down and moved overseas; attempting to hold on to precious traditions as towns eroded; and forging a path forward without succumbing to despair—these are all facets of not only his life, but of an entire community’s.
In "My Vanishing Country", Bakari Sellers tells the story of his father’s rise to become a
civil rights hero, a member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC),
and a role model for his own developing identity as a father to newborn twins.
Join Sellers at INFORUM, where he will tell his deeply personal story of hope in the face
of adversity and a history that is reflective of countless families in the American south. This conversation will be moderated by PolicyLink President and CEO Dr. Michael McAfee.
__________________________________________________________
Interview of Baraki Sellers on Decmocray Now!
“'My Vanishing Country': Mass Protests Rise from 400 Years of Systemic Racism,
Says Bakari Sellers"
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/1/bakari_sellers_400_years_systemic_racism
__________________________________________________________
SPEAKER: Bakari Sellers
Former South Carolina House of Representatives 2006–2014
Democratic Nominee, South Carolina Lt. Governor 2014
Tue, Jun 9 @ 3:00 pm PT
Bakari Sellers became the youngest elected official in the country at the age of 22 when he won a seat in South Carolina’s House of Representatives. He argues, however, that his journey began long before he was born.
His family faced many struggles as a part of the South's dwindling rural, black working class—losing access to health care as rural hospitals disappeared; attempting to make ends meet as the factories people relied on shut down and moved overseas; attempting to hold on to precious traditions as towns eroded; and forging a path forward without succumbing to despair—these are all facets of not only his life, but of an entire community’s.
In "My Vanishing Country", Bakari Sellers tells the story of his father’s rise to become a
civil rights hero, a member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC),
and a role model for his own developing identity as a father to newborn twins.
Join Sellers at INFORUM, where he will tell his deeply personal story of hope in the face
of adversity and a history that is reflective of countless families in the American south. This conversation will be moderated by PolicyLink President and CEO Dr. Michael McAfee.
__________________________________________________________
Interview of Baraki Sellers on Decmocray Now!
“'My Vanishing Country': Mass Protests Rise from 400 Years of Systemic Racism,
Says Bakari Sellers"
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/6/1/bakari_sellers_400_years_systemic_racism
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For more information:
https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/20...
Added to the calendar on Mon, Jun 1, 2020 11:22AM
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Opinion by Bakari Sellers (CNN): This is not the America I want to pass down to my children
"In February 8, 1968, three South Carolina State University students were killed by
State Highway Patrol Troopers during a campus protest. Twenty-seven others were wounded. My father, Cleveland Sellers, Jr., was shot in the arm that day, convicted for inciting a riot,
and served seven months in prison. This dark day is known by many, but not enough, as the Orangeburg Massacre. And though it took place 16 years before I was born, it remains the
most important day in my life."
On George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor: "But now that I am a father, it is disappointing to see the vitriol and racism that my father tried so hard to eradicate looming
over the next generation. . . ."
For a the full article & an interview video, go to: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/28/opinions/george-floyd-ahmaud-arbery-breonna-taylor-sellers/index.html
"In February 8, 1968, three South Carolina State University students were killed by
State Highway Patrol Troopers during a campus protest. Twenty-seven others were wounded. My father, Cleveland Sellers, Jr., was shot in the arm that day, convicted for inciting a riot,
and served seven months in prison. This dark day is known by many, but not enough, as the Orangeburg Massacre. And though it took place 16 years before I was born, it remains the
most important day in my life."
On George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor: "But now that I am a father, it is disappointing to see the vitriol and racism that my father tried so hard to eradicate looming
over the next generation. . . ."
For a the full article & an interview video, go to: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/28/opinions/george-floyd-ahmaud-arbery-breonna-taylor-sellers/index.html
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