1.0Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justicehttps://charleshamiltonhouston.orgkgarvinhttps://charleshamiltonhouston.org/news/author/kgarvin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://charleshamiltonhouston.org/events/janet-dewart-bell-lighting-fires-freedom-african-american-women-civil-rights-movement/">Dr. Janet Dewart Bell: “Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement”</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://charleshamiltonhouston.org/events/janet-dewart-bell-lighting-fires-freedom-african-american-women-civil-rights-movement/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Dr. Janet Dewart Bell: “Lighting the Fires of Freedom: African American Women in the Civil Rights Movement”” — Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://charleshamiltonhouston.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/bookcover-e1533923153680.jpg600900A talk by Dr. Janet Dewart Bell, followed by a book signing. Books will be available for sale by the Harvard Coop. Dr. Bell is the widow of Derrick Bell, the first African American tenured professor at Harvard Law School. Artist Connie Cagampang Heller will present her portrait of Derrick Bell titled “Courage.” Co-sponsored by […]