From its founding in 1914 to its height in the 1920s, the Universal Negro Improvement Association made elocution, public debate and recitation a central practice of the organization, signaling Garveyism’s

This large conference of internationally and US-based scholars aims to bring together experts in the study of democracy from institutional, behavioral, historical, and cross-country perspectives to discuss populism and threats

The conference will showcase the ongoing work of Chuck’s former students, on the themes of global justice, democratic citizenship, social and political (in)equality, and the state and political obligation.