Publication Date

5-19-2017

Comments

This interview was requested by Miner following Brown’s address titled “All the Lies are White” during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Teach-In on January 16, 2017. An audio recording and the text of those remarks are available in another series. Photographs of Brown during the teach-in, and from her student and staff days are linked below.

The download button located above and to the right contains a transcript with time-synched notations. A page containing just an annotated index is linked at the bottom of this page. The complete interview recording is available in the media player below.

Abstract

Dr. Nicole Brown, Class of 1999, recalls her days as a leader of the Black Student Union, lessons learned from the corporate world and goals as the Director of Multicultural Affairs. She further relates examples of IWU’s lack of progress on lasting change with regard to hiring and retaining Black faculty. In each portion of her IWU affiliations, Brown recalls the achievements and frustrations she experienced.

Streaming Media

Duration

02:24:46

Keywords

personal narrative, Interview, Alumni

Disciplines

Education | Race and Ethnicity | Sociology

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