Eastside superscribe11/3/2022 ![]() ![]() Listen on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts. Newton Foundation, and his dissertation research, which shows how Black experiences in Louisiana from 1927 to 1945 were integral to Black political organizing, cooperative economics, and government partnerships in California from 1945 to 1975. The discussion focuses on Buck’s work in public history, including his channel (which can be found on TikTok and Instagram), his current work at the Huey P. His work blends organizing and educational pursuits in the service of sustaining movements for Black lives, and he has previously been a fellow at Prosperity Now, the Education Trust – West, and the Digital Equity Initiative at the City & County of San Francisco. Buck graduated with a PhD in History from UC Berkeley in 2021. Newton Foundation, a nonprofit that has preserved and promoted the legacy of the Black Panther Party for over 25 years. On this episode of the Matrix Podcast, Julia Sizek interviewed Xavier Buck, Deputy Director of the Dr. A New Voice for Black History: Xavier Buck, PhD The panel was co-sponsored by the Townsend Center for the Humanities, Cal Performances, and the Black Studies Collaboratory, an important new UC Berkeley initiative (funded through a multi-million dollar Mellon Foundation grant awarded to the Department of African American Studies) that brings together “artists, activists, locals, and scholars to amplify the interdisciplinary, political, and world-building work of Black Studies.” Kidjo was joined in conversation by Tianna Paschel, Associate Professor in the UC Berkeley Department of African American Studies Ivy Mills, Lecturer, Visual and Literary Cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora and Victoria Grubbs, Lecturer and Black Studies Collaboratory Postdoctoral Fellow. Matrix was honored to welcome four-time GRAMMY winner Angélique Kidjo for a conversation about the global circulation of African musical forms and musicians, as well as the significance and social power of this musical diaspora. Music, the Diaspora, and the World: A Conversation with Angélique Kidjo The panel was moderated by Christopher Muller, Assistant Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley. Terry, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Social Studies at Harvard University. The panel featured Monica Bell, Associate Professor of Law & Sociology at Yale Law School Leigh Raiford, Associate Professor of African American Studies at UC Berkeley and Brandon M. ![]() At the center of the discussion: the critical momentum of Black-led protests and the Black Lives Matter movement, situated within the larger historical context of social movements for racial justice in the United States and the unfinished work of the Civil Rights Movement. Last spring, Matrix convened a “Matrix on Point” panel on the long (and continuing) struggle for racial justice in America. Matrix on Point: America’s Pursuit of Racial Justice In honor of Black History Month, we share below a selection of 12 of our past articles, podcasts, and videos of panel discussions with themes related to understanding Black lives in America. ![]() At Social Science Matrix, we strive to bring forward the work of UC Berkeley social scientists whose scholarship enhances understanding of Black lives in America, whether through the lens of African American Studies, History, Sociology, Psychology, Ethnic Studies, or other disciplines.
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