by lindaoppenheim | Jan 21, 2019 | Opinion
In her op ed (New York Times, January 21, 2019), Jeanne Theoharis is a professor of political science at Brooklyn College and author, points out the numerous times Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. chastised northern “liberals,” who supported civil rights...
by lindaoppenheim | Dec 1, 2018 | Continuing Conversations, Events
Rev. Dr. Charles Franklin Boyer, a recognized leader of social justice causes, will speak at Not in Our Town Princeton’s December 3 Continuing Conversation. Rev. Boyer has said, “As an African American minister of the gospel, I am compelled to fight and...
by lindaoppenheim | Nov 2, 2018 | Continuing Conversations, Events
Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow, a current exhibit at the New York Historical Society Museum and Library, explores the struggle for full citizenship and racial equality that unfolded in the 50 years after the Civil War. When slavery ended in 1865, a period of...
by lindaoppenheim | Oct 4, 2018 | Call to Action
Not in Our Town Princeton is supporting the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice’s efforts to make Governor Phil Murphy fulfill his promises to the New Jersey black community, 94% of whom voted for him, to 1) transform the youth justice system, 2) restore the...