/tags/peniel-joseph Peniel Joseph en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:17:00 GMT /politics/2022-09-06/ut-austin-racial-justice-peniel-joseph-america-third-reconstruction Historian, author and professor Peniel Joseph says the United States is living through the third Reconstruction period in its history. He says each of those periods is characterized by racial progress followed by white backlash. Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:17:00 GMT /politics/2022-09-06/ut-austin-racial-justice-peniel-joseph-america-third-reconstruction Jennifer Stayton /politics/2021-02-26/ut-austin-scholar-black-history-month-is-more-important-than-ever-for-american-democracy "This is not a history about what happened to them over there in Tulsa or Juneteenth or the civil rights movement," says professor and historian Peniel Joseph. "This is our history." Fri, 26 Feb 2021 14:09:37 GMT /politics/2021-02-26/ut-austin-scholar-black-history-month-is-more-important-than-ever-for-american-democracy Jennifer Stayton /politics/2021-01-28/ut-professor-stark-look-at-nations-past-would-help-u-s-wrestle-with-impacts-of-racism The U.S. can come together after the challenges of the past year � but it must face some ugly parts of its history to do so, says Peniel Joseph, director of the LBJ School's Center for the Study of Race and Democracy. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 11:23:26 GMT /politics/2021-01-28/ut-professor-stark-look-at-nations-past-would-help-u-s-wrestle-with-impacts-of-racism Jennifer Stayton /politics/2020-11-24/healing-a-divided-nation-is-possible-if-were-willing-to-work-at-it-ut-professor-says A lot of painful things are dividing Americans in 2020. But Peniel Joseph with the LBJ School of Public Affairs says, "There's no time to be tired." Tue, 24 Nov 2020 19:21:13 GMT /politics/2020-11-24/healing-a-divided-nation-is-possible-if-were-willing-to-work-at-it-ut-professor-says Jennifer Stayton /education/2020-08-31/ut-austin-professor-schools-history-of-segregation-and-racism-still-complicates-campus-life-today Numbers from UT Austin show that only 5.1% of its students are Black. While the university says the number of Black undergraduates on campus has risen� Mon, 31 Aug 2020 12:10:19 GMT /education/2020-08-31/ut-austin-professor-schools-history-of-segregation-and-racism-still-complicates-campus-life-today Jennifer Stayton /2020-08-12/black-power-scholar-illustrates-how-mlk-and-malcolm-x-influenced-each-other Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are frequently seen as opposing forces in the struggle for civil rights but Peniel Joseph, author of The Sword and the Shield, says the truth is more nuanced. Wed, 12 Aug 2020 16:39:16 GMT /2020-08-12/black-power-scholar-illustrates-how-mlk-and-malcolm-x-influenced-each-other Terry Gross /texas/2020-06-19/juneteenth-holiday-would-offer-u-s-chance-to-move-forward-by-confronting-racial-past-scholar-says Calls have been mounting to make Juneteenth a national holiday amid protests for police reforms and racial justice. Juneteenth commemorates the day when� Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:01:00 GMT /texas/2020-06-19/juneteenth-holiday-would-offer-u-s-chance-to-move-forward-by-confronting-racial-past-scholar-says KUT Staff /austin/2020-06-18/scholar-says-martin-luther-king-jr-and-malcolm-x-both-brought-sword-and-shield-to-their-work Peniel Joseph writes that Martin Luther King Jr. is "most comfortably portrayed as the nonviolent insider," while Malcolm X "is characterized as a� Thu, 18 Jun 2020 20:44:55 GMT /austin/2020-06-18/scholar-says-martin-luther-king-jr-and-malcolm-x-both-brought-sword-and-shield-to-their-work Jennifer Stayton