LibGuides: Antiracism: A Resource Guide: Events and Programs

Get Involved, Stay Engaged!

Here are virtual opportunities to join in upcoming programs and discussions related to race, racism and antiracism. All events posted are free and open to SMCCD students, faculty and staff or the public. We will add recordings or reports of past events as they are available. If there is an event we're missing, please let us know!

Past SMCCD and California Community College Events

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021: SMCCD Board of Trustees Study Session on the Work of the District's Anti-racism Council In August 2020, the Chancellor established the District Anti-Racism Council. The goal of the Anti-Racism Council is to create a culture of equity with a lens of anti-racism, radically reimagine how the District commits to anti-racism and how the District can transform the educational experiences of all students, especially hyper-marginalized students. The District Anti-Racism Council has identified three priority areas: (1) Policy and Procedure; (2) Curriculum and Instruction, and (3) Equal Employment Opportunity.
JUNE 9-10, 2021: Equity Is a Journey: Advancing Equitable Placement, Championing Student Success & Supporting Faculty Professional Development In alignment with the continued support for equitable placement and in support of the Chancellor's office Vision for Success goals and commitments, this institute will provide an interactive and dynamic space that will inspire, inform and empower faculty to engage in critical self-examination and skills building activities to lay the ground work for sustainable, front-line, long-term, anti-racist equity work in their classrooms and institutions.
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Throughout the Institute we will consider the following key questions:
What is our role in deepening equity work on our campus and beyond?
What are our goals as equity workers?
How can we begin to make tangible shifts in order to reach those goals?
Click on the link to register. All CCC faculty are invited to attend. We especially encourage the participation of counseling faculty and faculty who teach transfer-level Math and English.
MAY 20, 2021: Courageous DEI Leadership Webinar Featuring Lake Tahoe Community College On behalf of the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, you are invited you to join the Courageous Leadership Webinar Series, an opportunity to support each other as we choose courage over comfort in leading Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), and anti-racism efforts on our campuses. We’re honored to be in conversation with leaders from Lake Tahoe Community College for the final webinar in the series.
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Lake Tahoe Community College is a small college in a rural community tackling critical and timely work to advance diversity, equity and inclusion. This presentation will focus on how the college is prioritizing DEI efforts with limited resources, and will provide examples of the activities that have resulted in meaningful outcomes for students, faculty, and staff. Guest presenters include:

Jeff DeFranco, Superintendent/President, Lake Tahoe Community College
Mari Jimenez Cardenas, Student Senate President, Lake Tahoe Community College
Laura Salinas, Director of Equity, Lake Tahoe Community College
Julie Ewing, English Faculty, Lake Tahoe Community College
Antonio Benitez, Special Assistant to the President, Lake Tahoe Community College
Dr. Elizabeth Balint, Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Lake Tahoe Community College
Katherine Squire, Vice President, Student Senate for California Community Colleges
MAY 11, 2021: Interconnected Struggle: Engaging the Fight Against White Supremacy Across Communities The Associated Students of Skyline College proudly present the next speaker in the College Lecture Series: Dr. David Stovall, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Stovall's talk identifies the current moment of racial violence against communities of color in the U.S. as connected to historical instances where people have been targeted for their race, class, gender, age, sexual orientation and (dis)ability. Akin to the historical moments, people in the present day have taken lessons from earlier struggles to create non-exploitive, harmonious strategies of solidarity to support people outside of their racial, economic and/or gender identities. Where this is not always a smooth path, it is a necessary one in the broader work of racial justice.
APRIL 21, 2021: Chancellor's Office System Webinar: Advocacy Advancing Racial Equity Town Hall The second annual California Community Colleges Advocacy Day Town Hall, where this year’s conversation is focused on advocacy efforts that advance racial equity. Over the last year, our system has made extraordinary strides to advance anti-racist practices and promote equity for our students of color. This herculean work requires the authentic partnership and support of state and federal leaders, administrators, students, faculty and staff. Guest speakers: Congressman Mark Takano (D-CA) Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Gomez Reyes Gian Gayatao, Student Leader, Bakersfield College Jasmine Prasad, Student Leader, Folsom Lake College Victor Hernandez, Student Leader, Chaffey College
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Order of speakers and timestamps:
Welcome – 1:35 Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley
Remarks by Chairman Mark Takano (D), House Veterans Committee - 13:20
Supporting Student Success at California Community Colleges, moderated by Vice Chancellor David O'Brien - 25:10 Panelists include:
Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Gomez Reyes
Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer
The Student Experience One Year into COVID Panel, moderated by Vice Chancellor Lizette Navarette - 52:00 Panelists include:
Gian Gayatao, Student Leader, Bakersfield College
Jasmine Prasad, Student Leader, Folsom Lake College
Victor Hernandez, Student Leader, Chaffey College
The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Journey - 1:16:40 Deputy Chancellor Dr. Daisy Gonzales
Closing Remarks: How Can You Engage In This Work? - 1:28:30 Vice Chancellor David O'Brien
FEBRUARY 25, 2021: A Celebration of Black Excellence The ASSC has curated a panel of professionals from Skyline College to share stories and tell their experiences of success in higher education. As our theme for Black History Month this year is Black Excellence, we invite you and your students to come listen, engage, and learn from Dr. Taylor Mendoza, Pcyeta Stroud, Professor Weathersby, and Dr. Coates for this unique event online.
FEBRUARY 24, 2021: Building Bridges, Raising Awareness and Celebrating Black Student Achievement The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office invites you to join the Building Bridges, Raising Awareness and Celebrating Black Student Achievement Webinar on February 24th. This webinar will: underscore institutional partnerships between the Chancellor’s Office and HBCUs and their impact on Black student achievement, provide a broad overview of inclusive classroom environments and anti-racism curriculum that produces equitable outcomes, and discuss the California Community Colleges Black and African American Advisory Panel’s recommendations for Improving Black and African American student outcomes.
FEBRUARY 5, 2021: Voices of Freedom--Stories of Hope from Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Students The California Community Colleges announce the launch of the Rising Scholars Network, an equity-driven initiative to prioritize and serve incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students. Join more than 50 participating community colleges, including Skyline College, as we elevate the powerful voices of students who have experienced incarceration. Hosted in partnership with the Campaign for College Opportunity. • Hear directly from students, including a student who will join the webinar from prison • Learn how the student experience is impacted by the deep inequities of the criminal justice system and how higher education can bring us closer to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice • Preview The Possibility Report, the Campaign for College Opportunity’s forthcoming report on systematic barriers formerly incarcerated individuals face in accessing and completing a college education • Experience Reginald Dwayne Betts, award-winning American poet and New York Times author, as he talks about his journey from incarceration to Yale Law School.
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Contact Chris Woo at skyprojectchange@smccd.edu for more information about Project Change at Skyline.
JANUARY 28, 2021: A Conversation with Dr. Cornel West and Rick Najera--The Shared History of African American and Latinx Peoples As part of its ongoing commitment to celebrate diversity and inclusion, Cañada College will host an important conversation with Latino Thought Makers Rick Najera featuring renowned speaker, author and Harvard scholar, Dr. Cornel West. Dr. West is best known for his classics, Race Matters and Democracy Matters, and for his memoir, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. His most recent book, Black Prophetic Fire, offers an unflinching look at African-American leaders and their visionary legacies. He is co-host of the podcast “The Tight Rope,” and is committed to telling the truth and bearing witness to love and justice.
DECEMBER 11, 2020: Racial Justice Training Forum: Explore the Role Education Plays in Empowering Activism Part four of the Bay Region Community Colleges Racial Justice Training Forum. This session explored the role education plays in empowering activism, a more just workforce and building communities of struggle for economic, racial and gender justice. A keynote conversation with Dr. Angela Davis was followed by a "work in practice" panel discussion.
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Part four of the Bay Region Community Colleges Racial Justice Training Forum. This session explored the role education plays in empowering activism, a more just workforce and building communities of struggle for economic, racial and gender justice. A keynote conversation with Dr. Angela Davis was followed by a "work in practice" panel discussion.
DECEMBER 2, 2020: Chancellor's Office Webinar--Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Integration Plan Update The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office invites you to join the Chancellor’s Office System Webinar: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Integration Plan Update on December 2nd. This webinar will showcase the commitment and progress of system stakeholder groups toward the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Integration Plan.
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Guest presenters will include:
*Dr. Martha Garcia, Superintendent/President, Imperial Valley College, Chief Executive Officers of the California Community Colleges
*Mark Evilsizer, Governing Board Member, Palomar Community College District, California Community College Trustees
*Katherine Squire, Vice President, Student Senate for California Community Colleges
*Dr. Debbie Klein, President, Faculty Association for California Community Colleges
*David Williams, Vice President, Academic Affairs, Solano Community College, California Community Colleges Chief Instructional Officers
*Dr. Kelly Hall, Assistant Superintendent / Vice President of Business and Financial Affairs, Southwestern College, Association of Chief Business Officials
*Greg Smith, Vice Chancellor of Human Resources, San Diego Community College District, Association of Chief Human Resource Officers
*Jessie Ryan, Executive Vice President, Campaign for College Opportunity
*Academic Senate for California Community Colleges
NOVEMBER 20, 2020: Racial Justice Training Forum: Courageous Leadership and Advancing Excellence through Equity The third Bay Region Community Colleges Racial Justice Training Forum focused on answering the question - Courageous Leadership: What is our role as leaders at all levels to build an antiracist campus culture and advance “Excellence through Equity”? This four-part virtual professional development series aims to provide mindful conversations around racial justice and the tools to use in our educational practices. Our third forum will began with a powerful keynote conversation with Distinguished Professor of Education, Dr. Pedro A. Noguera, followed by “The Work In Practice” panel discussion and collaborative breakout sessions.
OCTOBER 30, 2020: Racial Justice Training Forum: Creating a Space and Place for Students to See Themselves in Post-Secondary Education and Key Workforce Sectors This is the second Bay Region Community Colleges Racial Justice Training Forum, Imposter Syndrome: Creating a Space and Place for Students to See Themselves in Post-Secondary Education and Key Workforce Sectors. The keynote features Dr. Knatokie Ford.
OCTOBER 28, 2020: Transforming Campus and Classroom Climate webinar sponsored by the CCC Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative
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Includes webinar recording and PowerPoint slides
OCTOBER 22, 2020: Now is the Time: Why You Must Commit to Developing an Anti-Racist Growth Mindset, sponsored by the San Mateo County Community Colleges Foundation A collaboration between SMCCCF and College of San Mateo Director of Equity, Jeremiah Sims. A workshop about race, equity, and inclusion, and developing an anti-racist growth mindset, created exclusively for our SMCCC Foundation donors and friends by College of San Mateo Director of Equity, Jeremiah Sims.
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Slide deck from Dr. Sims to be available soon.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020: New Intercultural Center Introduction at Skyline College The Student Equity and Support Programs Division (SESP) hosted an event for the development of a new Intercultural Center. The Center is a work in progress that will require community sharing, listening, vulnerability, and resilience from the entire Skyline College Community. We are not just changing the name of the Multicultural Center to the Intercultural Center; we are changing the culture of how we approach race and identity at Skyline College. The new Center will provide a welcoming space on campus, as well as a virtual campus for students, faculty members, and classified professionals to explore their identities, find community, and work toward racial and social justice. The programs will center on racial and ethnic identity, and also provide perspectives on multiple aspects of identity. Contact Allen Ocampo at ocampoallen@smccd.edu for more information. Fill out our survey! https://smccd-czqfp.formstack.com/forms/intercultural_center
AUGUST 21, 2020: Student Senate for California Community Colleges Second Town Hall Meeting on Institutional Racism This is the second town hall held by the SSCCC as we begin our work to aggressively break down institutional racism. During the first town hall, students shared their experiences and feelings about the racial climate in the CCC System. In this town hall, the members of the Institutional Success for People of Color Task Force shared a proposed plan of action based on what they heard from the students during the first town hall, as well as their own experiences. Students in attendance provided feedback on the plan of action before it goes to the SSCCC Delegate Assembly on September 4, 2020, for adoption.
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SSCCC ANTI-RACISM: A STUDENT PLAN OF ACTION byPresident Stephen Kodur, Sept. 6, 2020: https://studentsenateccc.org/news-events/newsroom/newsroom.html/article/2020/09/06/ssccc-anti-racism-a-student-plan-of-action
AUGUST 19, 2020: Call to Action Part 2 - Nurturing an Anti-Racist Campus Culture The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office invites you to join the Chancellor’s Office System Webinar: California Community College Leaders Nurturing an Anti-racist Campus Culture. This webinar will serve as a follow up to the Chancellor’s Call to Action, and will feature California Community College leaders, through their individual lens, presenting structural changes, tools, and dialogue that campuses must prioritize to nurture an anti-racist campus culture. Guest presenters will include: Denise Apuzzo, Senior Program Specialist, Outreach and Financial Aid, Gavilan College Dr. Keith Curry, President, Compton College Dolores Davison, President, Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, Faculty, Foothill College Stephen Kodur, President, Student Senate for California Community Colleges Dr. Cynthia Olivo, Chief Student Services Officers Association, Vice President of Student Services, Pasadena City College Dr. Eric Ramones, Associate Vice Chancellor of Human Resources, West Valley-Mission Community College District Linda Wah, Trustee, Pasadena Area Community College District
AUGUST 18, 2020: John Lewis Tribute by Professor Danielle Powell Professor Danielle Powell delivered a heartfelt tribute to Rep. John Lewis as part of Skyline College's Opening Day activities for the Fall 2020 semester. Professor Powell also highlighted the work of the Women's Mentoring and Leadership Academy.
AUGUST 4, 2020: Town Hall Meeting on the racial climate in the CCC system sponsored by the Student Senate for California Community Colleges This Town Hall provided students with a space to express their experiences and feelings about the racial climate in the CCC System. The Town Hall was not an opportunity to blame individuals or groups but instead make progress to create an environment where students, particularly those of color, feel welcomed and able to succeed. This platform provided space for healthy discussions that will result in an SSCCC plan of action to inform policy decisions on behalf of students.
JUNE 3, 2020: A Call to Action for California's Community Colleges Our students, our communities and our colleagues are hurting. We are all in this together. Please join us to learn about how our system will take action to address structural racism and ensure that our communities and students have access to an equal educational opportunity.
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Speakers include:
· Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley
· Bryan Daley, City College of San Francisco
· Pamela Haynes, Board of Governors
· Dr. Ed Bush, Cosumnes River College
· Dr. Martha Garcia, Imperial Valley College
· Dr. Jennifer Taylor-Mendoza, Skyline College
· Dr. Pamela Luster, San Diego Mesa College
· Dr. Luke Lara, MiraCosta College
· Dr. Frank Chong, Santa Rosa Junior College
· Dr. Abdulmalik Buul, San Diego City College
· Dr. Regina Stanback-Stroud, Peralta Community College District
· Marty Alvarado, Chancellor’s Office
JULY 29, 2020: BAM Community Conversation - Experiences of Men of Color at Skyline College A virtual panel featuring members of Brothers Achieving Milestone (BAM). Learn about their college experience, the unique challenges they encountered, areas of support, and their virtual experience managing their education during a pandemic. Panelists: CARLOS ACUNA, Natural Science major, 2019 graduate; HOLLYWOOD BANEYAD, Letters and Science major, 2020 graduate; ROLANDO MUTUI, Kinesiology major, student; OVIE OGEGE, Math and Electrical Engineering major, 2020 graduate; CHRISTOPHER WARDELL, Business Administration major, student. Moderator: Michael Stokes.
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Contact Michael Stokes at stokesm@smccd.edu for more information.

Recordings of Past National Events

APRIL 9, 2021: Conversations Across the Diaspora with guest Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 12:00 p.m. This installment of a new interactive series that brings you eclectic conversations from across the African Diaspora features author and host Sarah Ladipo Manyika and historian, filmmaker and public intellectual Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Dr. Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, journalist, cultural critic and institution builder, Professor Gates has authored or co-authored twenty-four books and created twenty-one documentary films, including Wonders of the African World, African American Lives, Faces of America, Black in Latin America, Black America since MLK: And Still I Rise and Africa’s Great Civilizations. Finding Your Roots, his groundbreaking genealogy series now in its sixth season on PBS, has been called “one of the deepest and wisest series ever on television,” leveraging “the inherent entertainment capacity of the medium to educate millions of Americans about the histories and cultures of our nation and the world.”
DECEMBER 10, 2020: Race, Class and Campus Climate This year, as many colleges have pledged to confront systemic racism and inequity, they are focusing more attention on the experiences of students, faculty, and staff of color, and of first-generation students. College leaders say they want to create equitable and supportive environments for all. But what does a diverse, inclusive campus really look like, and how can colleges — even virtually — help foster a sense of belonging? In the final session of The Chronicle’s 2020 series examining race and class in higher education, a panel of students, faculty, and administrators from around the country will share their experiences and explore the ways colleges can make good on the promise of greater equity and inclusion.
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Use this link to see an on-demand recording of the event.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020: John Lewis, Good Trouble: An Online Panel Discussion Celebrate an icon who spent his life getting into Good Trouble! Remember the life and legacy of Representative John Lewis – Freedom Rider and Congressman, Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree and the conscience of a nation – who served the cause of social justice for decades, both as an elected representative and as an activist whose fervent belief in getting into “good trouble, necessary trouble” for the cause of racial equality changed our nation. Watch a live virtual panel on the documentary "John Lewis: Good Trouble," featuring the film’s director and civil rights advocates as they talk about Lewis’s legacy of fearless protest and how we can keep his campaign for justice alive. The panel discussion includes director Dawn Porter, Ras J. Baraka, Mayor of Newark, NJ, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and Director of the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project, and Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to talk about Lewis’s legacy of fearless protest and how we can keep his campaign for justice alive. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker provides opening remarks.
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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020: Race, Power and Curation: Celebrating the Launch of the Black Women's Suffrage Digital Collection The event will feature a keynote by Dorothy Berry, the Digital Collections Program Manager at Houghton Library, Harvard University, on the importance of curating Black Collections and centering Black Stories intentionally during this transitory period of American history. Other speakers include: Elaine Westbrooks, Vice Provost of University Libraries and Librarian at UNC-Chapel Hill; Yusef Omowale of the Southern California Digital Library and DPLA Community Manager Shaneé Yvette Murrain. Murrain also will demonstrate the Black Women’s Suffrage Digital Collection website and DPLA’s Metadata Working Group will describe the creation of a Harmful Content Statement. We also invite you to explore the Black Women's Suffrage Digital Collection here: http://BlackWomensSuffrage.org.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020: The America We Need: Creating More Equitable Cities Does your ZIP code determine your destiny? From the quality of schools to the levels of pollution to the cost of housing, where we live shapes our prospects for the future. Meanwhile, economic segregation is eroding the capacity of cities to play their traditional role — as an engine of opportunity. What can be done? How can cities fulfill their promise? And what role could you as an individual play? Times Opinion columnist Farhad Manjoo sits down with Julián Castro, former secretary of Housing and Urban Development and recent 2020 Democratic presidential candidate; Raj Chetty, professor of economics at Harvard University; and Sonja Trauss, a Bay Area pro-housing activist, to discuss their thoughts on fostering opportunity, fairness and invention.
AUGUST 28, 2020: Celebrating While Black: From Juneteenth to Black August Black Culture Matters is a series hosted by the African American Studies Institute (AASI) at Prince George's Community College, revolving around this year’s theme: Resisting De-humanization through the Humanities. The goal of this series is not to declare the value of Black lives to those who do not wish to acknowledge it. The goal is, instead, to examine the ways in which people of African descent have expressed their own humanity, to affirm the meaning-making with which they have resisted being "thingified." These four lecture-discussions will not only offer historical and cultural context for the given topics; they will also challenge the community to think about how expanded knowledge might inform the racially charged present moment.
AUGUST 24, 2020: White Fragility: A Conversation of Allyship The New Jersey Performing Arts Center's True Diversity Film Series screens issues-based films followed by engaging panel discussions. This season, the films we present will focus on social and racial justice, in response to the uprisings against systemic racism that have spread around the globe in 2020. This film is "White Fragility," a discussion of the book of the same name, by its author Robin DiAngelo. It also features music by Claire Ernst, a singer/songwriter from Hightstown, New Jersey. Debuting in 2015, she has been developing her sound with every release and strives to make people feel. Her passion for songwriting and creating music is a dynamic force in the upcoming pop world.
JULY 20, 2020: 13th, An Online Panel Discussion of the Film by Ava Duvernay Thank you to our panelists who shared their perspectives on the history and impact of incarceration on communities and families, including: -Rick Robinson, Chairman of the NAACP New Jersey State Conference Criminal Justice Committee, and the chair of the first Newark Civilian Complaint Review Board; -Stephanie James Harris, the Executive Director of the New Jersey Amistad Commission of the New Jersey Department of Education, which is tasked with the inclusion of African American historical content into New Jersey’s K-12 Social Studies curriculum; -Brandon Paradise, an Associate Professor at Rutgers Law School and a McDonald Distinguished Fellow at the Emory Center for the Study of Law and Religion, whose academic work focuses on race and law; -Bahiyyah Muhammad, a professor in the Howard University Department of Sociology and Criminology, who received her Ph.D. from Rutgers University’s School of Criminal Justice and who studies the lives of children of incarcerated parents; -And Kleo Torres, is a recent Cum Laude graduate of Alabama State University with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. Both her parents were incarcerated.
JUNE 30, 2020: The Elephant We Don't See: A Diversity Dialogue The Prince George's County Memorial Library System and Prince George's County Human Relations Commission present "The Elephant We Don't See: A Diversity Dialogue" every last Tuesday of the month in Summer 2020. Michelle Hamiel and Kyla Hanington discuss diversity in the workplace using important recent books as a launch point. This event features a discussion of "How to Be an Antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi. ASL interpretation is included..
JUNE 10, 2020: Remaking the Republic: Black Politics and the Creation of American Citizenship "Remaking the Republic" chronicles the various ways African Americans from a wide range of social positions throughout the North attempted to give meaning to American citizenship over the course of the nineteenth century. Examining newspapers, state and national conventions, public protest meetings, legal cases, and fugitive slave rescues, Dr. Christopher Bonner uncovers a spirited debate about rights and belonging among African Americans, the stakes of which could determine their place in U.S. society and shape the terms of citizenship for all Americans. Dr. Bonner is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Maryland-College Park.