History
Allida Black, Ph.D., is a Research Professor of History and International Affairs. Black was founding editor of The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, a project designed to preserve, teach and apply Eleanor Roosevelt's writings and discussions of human rights and democratic politics.
She directed the editorial team which produced The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers: Volume I, The Human Rights Years, 1945-1948,(Scribners, January 2008 and University of Virginia Press, 2009). Her other publications include four books — "Casting Her Own Shadow: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Shaping of Postwar Liberalism" (Columbia University Press, November 1995), "'What I Want to Leave Behind': Democracy and the Selected Articles of Eleanor Roosevelt" (Carlson Publishing, April 1995); "Courage In A Dangerous World: The Political Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt" (Columbia University Press, 1999), and with Jewel Fenzi, "Democratic Women: An Oral History of the Women's National Democratic Club" (WNDC Educational Foundation, 2000) — as well as a variety of articles. Oxford University Press published "Human Rights: Pages from History" in 2009 and "E.R.: Eleanor Roosevelt, Politics and the Dream of Democracy" in 2011.
Outside the classroom, Professor Black has written teachers' guides for PBS documentaries and served as an adviser to other documentaries prepared for PBS, the History Channel, A&E, and the Discovery Channel. Her museum work includes curating two exhibits detailing Eleanor Roosevelt's role in drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for the United Nations, an electronic exhibit on ER's political career for the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum, and the permanent exhibit for the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site. She is currently designing a multi-media traveling exhibit on ER politics and policy.
Professor Black is also a popular lecturer, delivering at least 20 talks a year before audiences ranging from the Smithsonian Institution to state and local women's commissions to human rights associations to national educational organizations.
Professor Black is also a Board of Governors member of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute; an Advisory Board member of the Center for New Deal Studies; secretary of the Gaea Foundation; and a director of the Liberian Education Trust, a project designed to rebuild the Liberian public school system, rehabilitate child soldiers, and provide literacy and numeracy training to market women.
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Battle for Human Rights: 1945 - Present
Allida Black, Ph.D., is a Research
Professor of History and
International Affairs. Black was
the founding editor of “The
Eleanor Roosevelt Papers,” a
project designed to preserve,
teach and apply Eleanor
Roosevelt’s writings and
discussions of human rights and democratic politics.
She directed the editorial team which produced “The
Eleanor Roosevelt Papers: Volume I, The Human Rights
Years, 1945-1948,” (Scribner’s, January 2008 and
University of Virginia Press, 2009). Her other publications
include four books — “Casting Her Own Shadow:
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Shaping of Postwar
Liberalism” (Columbia University Press, November
1995), “What I Want to Leave Behind: Democracy and the
Selected Articles of Eleanor Roosevelt” (Carlson
Publishing, April 1995); “Courage In A Dangerous World:
The Political Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt” (Columbia
University Press, 1999), and with Jewell Fenzi,
“Democratic Women: An Oral History of the Women’s
National Democratic Club” (WNDC Educational
Foundation, 2000) — as well as a variety of articles.
Oxford University Press published “Human Rights:
Pages from History” in 2009 and “E.R.: Eleanor
Roosevelt, Politics and the Dream of Democracy” in 2011.
Outside the classroom, Professor Black has written
teachers’ guides for PBS documentaries and served as an
adviser to other documentaries prepared for PBS, the
History Channel, A&E, and the Discovery Channel. Her
museum work includes curating two exhibits detailing
Eleanor Roosevelt’s role in drafting the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights for the United Nations, an
electronic exhibit on ER’s political career for the Franklin
D. Roosevelt Library and Museum, and the permanent
exhibit for the Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site.
She is currently designing a multi-media traveling exhibit
on ER politics and policy.
Professor Black is also a popular lecturer, delivering at
least 20 talks a year before audiences ranging from the
Smithsonian Institution to state and local women’s
commissions to human rights associations to national
educational organizations.
Professor Black is also a Board of Governors member of
the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute; an Advisory
Board member of the Center for New Deal Studies;
secretary of the Gaea Foundation; and a director of the
Liberian Education Trust, a project designed to rebuild
the Liberian public school system, rehabilitate child
soldiers, and provide literacy and numeracy training to
market women.
A book signing event and light reception will
follow the lecture.
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Course # F1R1 — One Time Event
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Place: | Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
Dates: | Thursday, October 29 2015 |
Time: | 10 - 11:30 AM |
Fee: | $30 / member; $40 / non-member |
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