Join us for a conversation about how cities can facilitate or hinder human rights movements. By discussing the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia, our speakers will shed light on how city governments, civil society leaders, and urban geographies can advance or obstruct racial justice and human rights.

Dr. Falechiondro Karcheik Sims-Alvarado is an assistant professor of Africana Studies at Morehouse College, CEO of Preserve Black Atlanta, a non profit 501(c)(3) dedicated to identifying, recording, and preserving African-American history and culture, and author of the book “Atlanta and the Civil Rights Movement, 1944-1968” (Arcadia, 2017).

Barry McNealy is the historical content expert at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Ajanet Rountree is an expert in civil rights, a PhD Candidate at George Mason University, and a graduate of UAB’s MA Program in the Anthropology of Peace and Human Rights.

This event is co-sponsored by the Departments of Anthropology, History, and Political Science and Public Administration and the African American Studies Program.