Leid Stories - Feed Your Brain with History - 05/10/13

Leid Stories is pleased to present noted historian, political scientist and author Gerald Horne in an exciting lecture, “The World and African Americans”-- how, from the 17th century to the present, African Americans have allied with the foes of foes to progress. Dr. Horne holds the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston.  A prolific author, he has written more than 30 books and 100 scholarly papers and reviews on struggles against imperialism, colonialism, fascism and racism. Dr. Horne's undergraduate courses include the Civil Rights Movement and U.S. History Through Film. He also teaches graduate courses in Diplomatic History, Labor History, and 20th-Century African American History.