Eleven FAMU Journalism students have produced a multi-media project using new media chronicaling over 50 years of FAMU student activism. In "Gaurdian of the Dream", as the project is called, sudents used podcast and and other internet based reporting to tell their story. The project focues on three events --the 1956 Tallahassee Bus Boycott, the 2000 protest against the One Florida Initiative, and the 2006 March for Martin Lee Anderson.
The project was supported by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Blackside Inc., who produced the acclaimed “Eyes on the Prize” civil rights documentary series. The competitive grants were issued to 15 historically black colleges and universities as part of an initiative created by the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC). The initiative was designed to engage students in civic discussion through the use of new media formats.
James Hawkins, dean of the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication, called the NPBC New Media Project a “phenomenal opportunity.”
Go here to view: Gaurdian of the Dream
Hey, now! PROPS to everyone involved in this very prestigious production and great work!
ReplyDeleteMy question about the unfortunate death of the Anderson boy is where were the parents when he was getting in trouble with the law?
ReplyDeleteDoes this change the fact that 10-12 adult law enforcement officers beat,choked, and strangled this young man?
ReplyDeleteLet's hope the po po doesn't stop you for a routine traffic stop and beat the crap out of you for DWB.
11:17pm said: My question about the unfortunate death of the Anderson boy is where were the parents when he was getting in trouble with the law?
ReplyDeleteThe same question can be asked about the parents of the LEOs that beat this kid to death. Where were their parents when the lessons of ethics, justice, and how to treat a human being were being taught?
True that the kid set in to motion a chain of events which eventually led to his demise, but don't for one minute seek to NOT include the actions of ALL players in this sordid incident.
They were deadass wrong!!
11:17--It's apparent that you are not a parent, because if you were, you wouldn't ask such a stupid question. Sometimes (and oftentimes) under the very best of circumstances, children go astray, separating themselves from the teachings of their parents and guardians. For whatever reasons, they can and do go astray. I believe that the Anderson child was simply determined to do what he wanted to do regardless of the consequences. To my understanding, his grandmother was responsible for seeing that he was placed in a "correctional" facility, i.e., the boot camp. What this tells me is that she was (as perhaps were his parents) seeking some type of intervention, and that they/she cared enough to see that he received it via his enrollment in the camp. Well, we all know what happened only a few hours after his arrival; but I believe that his parents were responsible adults, but perhaps, as many children to, he wanted to test the boundaries of authority, and the circumstances of his defiance of parental guidance is what caused his grandmother to seek intervention. Perhaps when you have a child/ren, you, too, will understand that good kids, the best of kids, will often do bad things.
ReplyDeleteNo it does it not change it. What happen is a tragedy. The grandmother had to get involved? This tells me that the parents were absent in his life, but not in his death. When money is on the table it is amusing how the parents want to start "parenting".
ReplyDeleteThe question was rehtorical, but hey it is much easier to sound off and make excuses for lack of responsibility.
This is exactly the kind of cutting-edge experiences our J-School students need. Now if our University would catch up to the 21st century and do similar things with our raggedy ass website (famu.edu)
ReplyDeleteThis is JUST what our students need. Another reason to be angry and victimized rather than productive members of society.
ReplyDeleteEvery single person in American today can trace their roots to a time in history where their people were in subjugation to another people.
Get over it and move on. No one alive today is responsible for our shared history.
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ReplyDeleteinstitutionalized racism refutes this claim.