University of Minnesota Human Rights Program Critical Conversations: Celebrating Black Human Rights Advocates

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bell hooks was an incredible example of a Black Scholar who revolutionized the world through their work. In hooks's work, All About Love, she wrote about how love has the power to change the world through compassion and shared humanity. hooks was a longtime advocate for the addition of love in everyday work, life, and recognized its power to create real change in the world. Along with bell hooks, Ta-Nehisi Coates is a modern scholar and advocate for racial justice and the ending systemic racism and bias. His work Between the World and Me is a lyrical letter to his son about growing up Black in Baltimore, attending Howard University, and raising his son as a Black man in America. He has spoken out about inequality around the world and remains a prominent modern force for activism. Both authors have empowered thousands of readers to question their realities and work towards change within their communities for the betterment of human rights around the world.