Martha Biondi, "How Does New York Change the Story of the Civil Rights Movement?"

Martha Biondi (Ph. D. Columbia University, 1997) is a member of the Department of African American Studies with a courtesy joint appointment in the History Department. She specializes in 20th century African American history, with a focus on social movements, politics, ideology and protest. Her book To Stand and Fight: the Struggle for Civil Rights in Postwar New York City was published in 2003 by Harvard University Press. She is currently writing a book on the struggle for Black Studies on American campuses from 1967 to 1977, highlighting the role of both student and scholar activists.