Dr. Michael Simanga grew up in Detroit and moved to Atlanta where he has lived and worked for 40 years. He is an Africana Studies scholar\/educator and also a multi-disciplined artist who has written, produced and directed more than 200 artistic projects including music, theatre, film, festivals and exhibitions. He is married and the father of four children and grandfather of four grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Peniel Joseph holds a joint professorship appointment at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the History Department in the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. He is also the founding director of the LBJ School\u2019s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy<\/a>. His career focus has been on \u201cBlack Power Studies,\u201d which encompasses interdisciplinary fields such as Africana studies, law and society, women\u2019s and ethnic studies, and political science. Prior to joining the UT faculty, Joseph was a professor at Tufts University, where he founded the school\u2019s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy to promote engaged research and scholarship focused on the ways issues of race and democracy affect people\u2019s lives. In addition to being a frequent commentator on issues of race, democracy and civil rights, Joseph wrote the award-winning books Waiting \u2018Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America<\/em><\/a> and Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama<\/em><\/a>. His most recent book, Stokely: A Life<\/em><\/a>, has been called the definitive biography of Stokely Carmichael, the man who popularized the phrase \u201cblack power.\u201d Included among Joseph\u2019s other book credits is the editing of The Black Power Movement: Rethinking the Civil Rights-Black Power Era<\/em><\/a> and Neighborhood Rebels: Black Power at the Local Level<\/em><\/a>.Recent Publications<\/p>\n","post_title":"Peniel Joseph","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"peniel-joseph","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-11-05 11:28:19","post_modified_gmt":"2020-11-05 16:28:19","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/podcasts.la.utexas.edu\/raceanddemocracy\/?post_type=speaker&p=915","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"guests":[{"ID":1796,"post_author":"10","post_date":"2025-04-14 07:45:00","post_date_gmt":"2025-04-14 12:45:00","post_content":"\n Dr. Michael Simanga grew up in Detroit and moved to Atlanta where he has lived and worked for 40 years. He is an Africana Studies scholar\/educator and also a multi-discipline artist who has written, produced and directed more than 200 artistic projects including music, theatre, film, festivals and exhibitions. He is married and the father of four children and grandfather of four grandchildren.<\/p>\n","post_title":"Dr. Michael Simanga","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"dr-michael-simanga","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-04-08 11:18:11","post_modified_gmt":"2025-04-08 16:18:11","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/podcasts.la.utexas.edu\/raceanddemocracy\/?post_type=speaker&p=1796","menu_order":0,"post_type":"speaker","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"transcript":""},"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/podcasts.la.utexas.edu\/raceanddemocracy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/06\/Race-and-Democracy-Logo-TPN-Final-1400.png","download_link":"https:\/\/podcasts.la.utexas.edu\/raceanddemocracy\/podcast-download\/1794\/ep-88-malcolm-xs-legacy-at-100-a-conversation-with-dr-michael-simanga.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/podcasts.la.utexas.edu\/raceanddemocracy\/podcast-player\/1794\/ep-88-malcolm-xs-legacy-at-100-a-conversation-with-dr-michael-simanga.mp3","audio_player":"