Facing History and Ourselves has been privileged to get to know, and learn from, millions of people from many walks of life. In addition to educators, students, and parents, our extensive network of friends and partners includes scholars, authors, journalists, artists, business and political leaders, as well as those who have been the makers of and witnesses to history. Voices of Facing History is our way of introducing you to these remarkable individuals. The web clips below are sorted by speaker. To view the full collection of webclips sorted by title click here.
A nationally known expert on identifying and investigating hate crimes, Johnston retired from the Boston Police Department as deputy superintendent in 1997, the year in which he was selected to recei...
Leon Bass is a former high school principal and veteran of World War II. As a Facing History resource speaker, Bass tells students, teachers, and community members about his life in the segregated so...
Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela is a psychologist from South Africa, where she was a community and clinical social worker before she became a clinical psychologist in 1984. In 1991, after teaching for 7 year...
Lawrence Fuchs, founder of the American Studies Department and the Meyer and Walter Jaffe Professor of American Civilization and Politics at Brandeis University, has contributed greatly to the study ...
Clinical psychologist Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D., is dean of the college and professor of psychology and of education at Mount Holyoke College. She focuses her research on the effects of racism on a...
Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD, is a nationally recognized public health leader. She is associate dean for faculty development and professor of public health practice in the Department of Health Policy a...
Randall Kennedy is a professor at Harvard Law School, where he teaches courses on contracts, freedom of expression, and the regulation of race relations. He is a member of the American Law Institute ...
Child and anti-violence advocate Geoffrey Canada grew up in tenement housing in New York’s South Bronx. After completing his graduate studies, Canada joined the staff of the Rheedlen Centers for Chi...
Michael MacDonald is a peace activist in Massachusetts. Growing up in South Boston’s Old Colony housing project, MacDonald lost three of his brothers to drugs, organized crime, and suicide. His moth...
Stephen Haynes, Ph.D., is an associate professor and the Albert B. Curry Chair of Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. He is a member of the Tennessee Holocaust Commission and h...
