TALK: Freedom is Not Enough:
The Secret of the Sixties that Transformed America
Nancy MacLean (History, Northwestern University)
Thursday, January 26 / 4:00 PM
Multicultural Center Theater

Nancy MacLean, Professor of History at Northwestern, argues that the most important social transformation to come out of “The Sixties” was the opening of the American workplace to women and to black and Latino men. Unlike school desegregation, which largely failed, MacLean demonstrates the success of feminists and civil rights activists in the world of work, and additionally uncovers the extent to which a potent conservative counter mobilization has used the language of “color blindness” to attempt to roll back affirmative action in the workplace. Nancy MacLean is the Hull Lecturer on Women and Social Justice.

Sponsored by the Center for Work, Labor, and Democracy, the Multicultural Center, Program in Policy Studies, Black Studies, New Racial Studies and the IHC.

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