{"id":1657,"date":"2021-04-20T17:12:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T21:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/?p=1657"},"modified":"2025-03-03T08:33:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T13:33:21","slug":"battling-the-old-and-new-jelly-bean-test-african-americans-and-a-history-of-disenfranchisement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/2021\/04\/20\/battling-the-old-and-new-jelly-bean-test-african-americans-and-a-history-of-disenfranchisement\/","title":{"rendered":"Battling the Old and New \u201cJelly Bean Test\u201d: African Americans and a History of Disenfranchisement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Battling the Old and New \u201cJelly Bean Test\u201d: African Americans and a History of Disenfranchisement<\/strong>
\n* A Virtual and Accessible Event: ASL and Live Transcription<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date: Thursday, May 6, 6pm-7:30pm on Zoom<\/p>\n

This panel brings together academic and on-the-ground experts on voting rights and African American disenfranchisement with particular attention to New Jersey. Christopher Matthews, curator of \u201cThe Black Freedom Struggle in Northern New Jersey (1613-1860),\u201d will address the struggle for voting rights in 19th-century New Jersey. James E. Harris will speak to the efforts of the Montclair<\/span><\/span><\/span> Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to advance voting rights. Andra Gillespie, author of The New Black Politician: Cory Booker, Newark, and Post-Racial America<\/em> (2012), will review a the history of voter suppression in the United States–including the recent Georgia Senate Bill 202. Part of the Office for Faculty Advancement This is What Democracy Looks<\/em> Like?<\/em> series.<\/p>\n

Moderator:\u00a0Leslie Wilson<\/a>, Professor of History and Associate Dean of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Montclair<\/span><\/span><\/span> State University<\/p>\n

Panelists:<\/p>\n

James E. Harris, 1st Vice President, Montclair Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People–involvement of NAACP<\/a><\/p>\n

Christopher Matthews<\/a>, Professor of Anthropology, ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ University<\/p>\n

Andra Gillespie<\/a>, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute<\/p>\n

This event has passed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sponsors: African American Caucus, Disability Resource Center, Office for Faculty Advancement, Sprague Library, Disability Caucus, and E3 (Educate, Equip, Empower) Student Coalition<\/p>\n

Event Contact:<\/strong> Kate E. Temoney, temoneyk@montclair.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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