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Lehigh University, Robert C. and Virginia L. Williamson Lecture Series
Notre Dame University, Sociology Colloquium Series
Columbia University
Dartmouth University, Reitman-DeGrange Colloquium Series
Williams College, Oakley Colloquium
University of California, Santa Barbara, Distinguished Speaker Series
Speaker Reel
Hajar Yazdiha Speaker Reel
Reclaiming the Legacies of the Civil Rights Movement #ThePeoplesKing
2023 LA Book Festival
Roundtable | Why Does 1963 Matter Today?
Select Op-Eds and Essays
The Problem With Comparing Today’s Activists to Martin Luther King Jr. [Op-Ed]
Time Magazine | January 15, 2024
60 years after the March on Washington, MLK's dream has become a nightmare {Op-Ed]
The Hill | August 28, 2023
Martin Luther King Jr.’s moral stance against the Vietnam War offers lessons on how to fight for peace in the Middle East. [Op-Ed]
The Conversation | January 10, 2024
This 4th of July, let’s reflect on the dangerous politics of revisionist history {Op-Ed]
The Grio | July 4, 2023
Immigrant communities are indebted to the civil rights movement. [Op-Ed]
Los Angeles Times | August 28, 2023
How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.’s words enables more, not less, racial division within American society {Op-Ed]
The Conversation | January 12, 2023
Select Interviews and Features
Everyone from the Tea Party to immigrants rights groups want a piece of Dr. King
NPR Code Switch |
January 10, 2024
Reclaiming the Legacy of Dr. King w/Hajar Yazdiha
Greenhouse Gaslighting Podcast
January 15, 2024
Hajar Yazdiha on the politics of togetherness and imagining collective futures
Mind Full of Everything |
March 15, 2024
How We Can Fix the Culture Gap and Reclaim Dr. King's Powerful Message
The Living Numbers Podcast | October 24, 2023
Collective Memory and Civil Rights: A Dialogue with Hajar Yazdiha
Converging Dialogues | September 14, 2023
The Struggle For The People’s King featuring Hajar Yazdiha
A Moment with Erik Fleming | August 28, 2023
Hajar Yazdiha on
The Struggle for the People's King
The Sociology Annex |
February 19, 2024
How distorted memories of the Civil Rights Movement fuel today’s divisions
Outrage Overload |
January 15, 2024