Dr. Peniel Joseph: The Third Reconstruction
Lewisville Talks – City Speaker Series presents
Dr. Peniel Joseph: The Third Reconstruction
Wednesday, June 14, 7 p.m.
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The Lewisville Talks – City Speaker Series continues to insight curiosity and promote meaningful conversation with its next engagement featuring Dr. Peniel Joseph. As one of our preeminent historians of race and democracy, Dr. Joseph argues that the period since 2008 has marked nothing less than America’s Third Reconstruction
In “The Third Reconstruction,” Dr. Joseph offers a powerful and personal new interpretation of recent history. The racial reckoning that unfolded in 2020, he argues, marked the climax of a Third Reconstruction: a new struggle for citizenship and dignity for Black Americans, just as momentous as the movements that arose after the Civil War and during the civil rights era. Dr. Joseph draws revealing connections and insights across centuries as he traces this Third Reconstruction from the election of Barack Obama to the rise of Black Lives Matter to the failed assault on the Capitol.
America’s first and second Reconstructions fell tragically short of their grand aims. Our Third Reconstruction offers a new chance to achieve Black dignity and citizenship at last—an opportunity to choose hope over fear.
Dr. Joseph will be available to sign copies of his book following the presentation. Tickets as well as copies of his book can be purchased at LewisvilleGrand.com/Tix.
Ticket Prices:
Admission + a copy of The Third Reconstruction: $40
Admission only: $15
Additional copies of his book can be purchased for $25 each. All books will be available for pick-up at Will Call starting 1 hour prior to the event.
Sales tax and fees are included in the prices.
Peniel E. Joseph is the Barbara Jordan Chair in Ethics and Political Values, Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy, and Associate Dean for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of award-winning books on African American history, including The Sword and the Shield and Stokely: A Life. He lives in Austin, Texas.
