{"id":270,"date":"2020-02-03T14:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T19:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/honors\/?p=270"},"modified":"2023-08-04T11:45:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T15:45:05","slug":"ball-state-holds-timely-talks-about-african-american-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/honors\/2020\/02\/03\/ball-state-holds-timely-talks-about-african-american-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ball State holds timely talks about African American Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During February, the entire nation celebrates Black History Month, recognizing the many amazing achievements of African Americans and their central role in our nation&#8217;s history. The theme of 2020&#8217;s Black History Month is &#8220;African Americans and the Vote.&#8221; This February, Ball State and the Muncie community will be hosting a variety of timely talks, presented by the \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/csh\/academic-programs\/african-american-studies\">African American studies<\/a>\u00a0program. The talks span a variety of topics related to African American studies, and will be taking place from February 5 to February 7. All Ball State students and Muncie community members are invited to attend and gain valuable knowledge about these important topics.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000\">Meet the Speakers\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newhaven.edu\/faculty-staff-profiles\/lorenzo-boyd.php\">Dr. Lorenzo\u00a0Boyd<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-271 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02161009\/lorenzo-boyd-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02161009\/lorenzo-boyd-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02161009\/lorenzo-boyd-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02161009\/lorenzo-boyd-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02161009\/lorenzo-boyd.jpg 418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lorenzo M. Boyd, Ph.D., is a nationally recognized leader in police-community relations and an authority on urban policing, diversity issues in criminal justice, race and crime, and criminal justice systems. He served for 14 years in the Suffolk County (Mass.) Sheriff\u2019s department \u2013 working in policing, corrections, and the courts \u2013 which he says shaped his approach to teaching, research, and training of police commanders and officers.&#8221; &#8211; <em>From the University of New Haven Faculty &amp; Staff Profiles\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxfelkerkantor.com\/bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-273 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02161137\/mary_max-90-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02161137\/mary_max-90-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02161137\/mary_max-90-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02161137\/mary_max-90.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxfelkerkantor.com\/bio\">Max Felker-Kantor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dr. Max Felker-Kantor is an American historian who specializes in twentieth century American and African American history with a focus on race, politics, and social movements. He is particularly interested in the policies and institutions of urban law enforcement and criminal justice systems since World War II. He received his PhD from the University of Southern California in 2014. He currently teaches <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/history\">American and African American histor<\/a>y at Ball State University.&#8221; &#8211; <em>From maxfelkerkantor.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clas.uiowa.edu\/history\/people\/simon-balto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-275 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02181746\/balto_simon_125516.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"225\" \/>Simon Balto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Simon Balto teaches, researches, and writes about African American history in the United States. His first book, <em>Occupied Territory: Policing Black Chicago from Red Summer to Black Power<\/em> (University of North Carolina Press, 2019), explores the development of a police system in Chicago\u2019s Black neighborhoods that\u00a0over the course of the mid-twentieth century became simultaneously brutally repressive and neglectful. His writing has also appeared in <em>TIME <\/em>magazine, <em>The Washington Post<\/em>, <em>The Progressive<\/em>, the <em>Journal of African American History<\/em>, <em>Labor<\/em>, and numerous other popular and scholarly outlets.&#8221; &#8211; <em>From the University of Iowa staff page\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000\">Wednesday, February 5<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><b>\u201cAfrican American Community and Police Relations<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaker: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newhaven.edu\/faculty-staff-profiles\/lorenzo-boyd.php\">Dr. Lorenzo Boyd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When: 1:00-1:50pm<\/p>\n<p>Where: Robert Bell 125<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cSchool-To-Prison Pipeline: Beyond Race and Class\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaker: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newhaven.edu\/faculty-staff-profiles\/lorenzo-boyd.php\">Dr. Lorenzo Boyd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When: 5:00- 6:30pm<\/p>\n<p>Where: Muncie Community Schools Administration Office and Area Career 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src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02185645\/EPiyadYWoAAKqe2-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02185645\/EPiyadYWoAAKqe2-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02185645\/EPiyadYWoAAKqe2-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02185645\/EPiyadYWoAAKqe2-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02185645\/EPiyadYWoAAKqe2-1000x563.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02185645\/EPiyadYWoAAKqe2-711x400.jpeg 711w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02185645\/EPiyadYWoAAKqe2.jpeg 1368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cRace and Police: Historical and Contemporary Issues of Policing Brown and Black Communities\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speakers: <a href=\"https:\/\/clas.uiowa.edu\/history\/people\/simon-balto\">Simon Balto<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newhaven.edu\/faculty-staff-profiles\/lorenzo-boyd.php\">Lorenzo Boyd<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxfelkerkantor.com\/bio\">Max Felker-Kantor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When: 6:00-8:00pm<\/p>\n<p>Where: Student Center Ballroom<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-283 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02185835\/AFAM-Event-Race-and-Police-232x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/02\/02185835\/AFAM-Event-Race-and-Police-232x300.png 232w, 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