• Congratulations to this year's winners of the Lillian Smith Book Awards, administered by UGA's Hargrett Library to honor books dedicated to social justice issues. This year’s honorees explore how historic government policies on voting rights and reparations have marginalized Black communities. ⠀ ⠀ The honoree in this post is On Account of Race: The Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the Ravaging of American Voting Rights (Counterpoint Press), by Lawrence Goldstone. ⠀ ⠀ In his book, Goldstone demonstrates how U.S. Supreme Court rulings undermined efforts in the 14th and 15th Amendments to provide equal protections and voting rights to Black Americans after the Civil War and opened the door for Jim Crow laws in the 20th century. A constitutional law historian who has written more than a dozen books, Goldstone analyzed court cases and rulings to trace the history of legal voter suppression, uncovering a tradition of white supremacy.⠀ ⠀ For more information about the Lillian Smith Book Awards, see the news feed on our website.
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    Congratulations to this year's winners of the Lillian Smith Book Awards, administered by UGA's Hargrett Library to honor books dedicated to social justice issues. This year’s honorees explore how historic government policies on voting rights and reparations have marginalized Black communities. ⠀ ⠀ The honoree in this post is On Account of Race: The Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the Ravaging of American Voting Rights (Counterpoint Press), by Lawrence Goldstone. ⠀ ⠀ In his book, Goldstone demonstrates how U.S. Supreme Court rulings undermined efforts in the 14th and 15th Amendments to provide equal protections and voting rights to Black Americans after the Civil War and opened the door for Jim Crow laws in the 20th century. A constitutional law historian who has written more than a dozen books, Goldstone analyzed court cases and rulings to trace the history of legal voter suppression, uncovering a tradition of white supremacy.⠀ ⠀ For more information about the Lillian Smith Book Awards, see the news feed on our website.
  • Congratulations to this year's winners of the Lillian Smith Book Awards, administered by UGA's Hargrett Library to honor books dedicated to social justice issues. This year’s honorees explore how historic government policies on voting rights and reparations have marginalized Black communities. ⠀ ⠀ The honoree in this post is From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-first Century (UNC Press), written by co-authors William A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen. ⠀ ⠀ Darity, Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and American Studies, Government and Economics at Duke University, teamed up with Mullen, a folklorist and accomplished museum and arts consultant, to write From Here to Equality. The book traces the economic inequalities of the 21st century to government decisions after the Civil War, including policies that withheld reparations and compensation from freed Black Americans following the abolition of slavery, as well as the federal government’s investments in white Americans during Reconstruction. Through their analysis, Darity and Mullen make the case for modern day reparations. ⠀ ⠀ For more information about the Lillian Smith Book Awards, see the news feed on our website.
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    Congratulations to this year's winners of the Lillian Smith Book Awards, administered by UGA's Hargrett Library to honor books dedicated to social justice issues. This year’s honorees explore how historic government policies on voting rights and reparations have marginalized Black communities. ⠀ ⠀ The honoree in this post is From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-first Century (UNC Press), written by co-authors William A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen. ⠀ ⠀ Darity, Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and American Studies, Government and Economics at Duke University, teamed up with Mullen, a folklorist and accomplished museum and arts consultant, to write From Here to Equality. The book traces the economic inequalities of the 21st century to government decisions after the Civil War, including policies that withheld reparations and compensation from freed Black Americans following the abolition of slavery, as well as the federal government’s investments in white Americans during Reconstruction. Through their analysis, Darity and Mullen make the case for modern day reparations. ⠀ ⠀ For more information about the Lillian Smith Book Awards, see the news feed on our website.
  • Here are some highlights from today's Paws & Relax events! We hope that our students had a chance to relieve some stress, thanks to our four-legged friends. Thanks to our partners at @ugahealthcenter for reminding us all about wellness.
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    Here are some highlights from today's Paws & Relax events! We hope that our students had a chance to relieve some stress, thanks to our four-legged friends. Thanks to our partners at @ugahealthcenter for reminding us all about wellness.