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City Lights Events | Jane Rhodes and Dana Frank
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All events are free and open to the public. "Dana Frank is the kind of smart and funny friend you'd want on any roadtrip. I love this totally original take on some of my favorite spots in Northern California. " -- Beth Lisick, author of Everybody into the Pool and the forthcoming Helping Me Helping Myself A Bay Area historian’s nostalgic journey to a series of four local daytrip sites takes an unexpected turn as she explores the mysterious draw of these places. Childhood memories, anecdotes and urban myths lead to interviews and scholarly research as she investigates the hidden stories and surprises — both historical and intellectual — that she encounters along the way. What’s revealed tells us much about the politics of history and the ways in which history is embedded in the landscape of everyday life.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2008, 7 pm
Jane Rhodes’ new book charts the Black Nationalist’s extraordinary rise to the status of media icons, and explains the fascination that the Panthers continue to hold. Lavishly illustrated with many never-before-seen photographs, Rhodes takes the reader from the origins of the Black Panthers to the present day, exploring their transformation into media superstars and symbols of black power. She suggests that the Panthers, with their button-making, newspaper distribution, and irresistible photo-ops, may have been the nation’s first truly media-savvy activists. At a time when the media is playing an ever more important role in shaping our perception of activist groups, Framing The Black Panthers re-imagines this eternally edgy cultural icon.
Jane Rhodes is Dean of the Study of Race and Ethnicity and Chair of the American studies department at Macalester College. She is the author of Mary Ann Shadd Cary: The Black Press and Protest in the Nineteenth Century. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Thursday, January 10th, 7:00pm
Dana Frank celebrates the publication of Local Girl Makes History with her publisher, City Lights!
Dana Frank grew up in Los Altos, California and has lived in Santa Cruz most of her life. Since 1991 she has taught at University of California, Santa Cruz in the American Studies and History Departments. She is the author of several books, and has long been active in labor solidarity work.
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