Join us for a special author talk with historian and scholar Dr. Jennifer Dixon-McKnight, as she discusses her powerful new book, We Paved the Way: Black Women and the Charleston Hospital Workers’ Campaign, in a conversation moderated by Dr. Jasmine Weiss. In this groundbreaking work, Dr. Dixon-McKnight highlights the essential leadership of Black women in the 1969 Charleston Hospital Strike, a pivotal moment in the struggle for civil rights, labor rights, and human dignity.

We Paved the Way re-examines a critical chapter in Southern history and its enduring legacy for contemporary social justice movements. Dr. Dixon-McKnight will share the stories that inspired her research, what this movement reveals about Black women’s activism, and why its lessons still matter today.

Following the presentation, attendees will have the opportunity for Q&A and book signing.