Mindy Fullilove, Author at Public Seminar

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The People’s Organizer

Mindy Thompson Fullilove on a new edition of Homeboy Came to Orange

April 3, 2019 • by Mindy Fullilove and Evangeline Riddiford Graham

Homeboy Came to Orange: A Story of People’s Power is Ernest’s tale of his life in organizing, written with his daughter, New School professor Mindy Thompson Fullilove. First published in 1976, a new edition of the Homeboy Came to Orange was released by New Village Press last year, and features a new foreword ...

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Fixing Something Starts With Seeing How It’s Broken

Mindy Fullilove Talks About 400 Years Of Inequality

November 24, 2018 • by Mindy Fullilove and Victoria Richards

Victoria Richards: Is there a specific event or defining moment that inspired ‘400 Years of Inequality?’ Mindy Fullilove: The New School has helped us launch this project, which you can find on our website. 2019 will mark the 400th anniversary since the first Africans arrived in Jamestown [as slaves]. The project is ...

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Summer Reading

Understanding – and Overcoming – Slavery’s Long Legacy of Inequality

July 1, 2018 • by Mindy Fullilove

Summer reading is mostly supposed to be light books that go with beaches and barbeques. I’m recommending three books that, while not light, will have the paradoxical effect of making you feel better about these difficult times! How can that be, you might ask. We are approaching the 400th anniversary of ...

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Before Charlottesville There Was Jamestown

An Essay

August 28, 2017 • by Mindy Fullilove, Robert Fullilove, William Morrish and Robert Sember

Nearly 400 years of division have created an apartheid society: we need a new social infrastructure to carry us through the challenges of climate change, decaying physical infrastructure, rapidly evolving jobs, underperforming schools, uneven access to health care and lack of affordable housing. Our central task is to engage as ...