Scholar-Activism in the Era of the New McCarthyism by Professor Barbara Ransby

Part of the Institute’s Distinguished Lecture in Ideas and Organizing & the UCLA Luskin Lecture Series
Thursday, February 8, 2024

UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy · Scholar-Activism In the Era of the New McCarthyism by Professor Barbara Ransby

Event Description

Professor Barbara Ransby delivered the Distinguished Lecture in Ideas and Organizing as part of the Luskin Lecture Series. Author of Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision and Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson, Professor Ransby spoke on a climate of fear, intimidation and guilt by association that is on the rise today, hallmarks of what she referred to as “a new McCarthyism.” Read more about the program here.

Program introductions by:

Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Ananya Roy, UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy
Robin D.G. Kelley, UCLA History

Featuring:

Barbara Ransby, University of Illinois at Chicago

In conversation with:

Sherene H. Razack, UCLA Gender Studies
David C. Turner III, UCLA Social Welfare

Moderated by:

Ananya Roy, UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy