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# Chronicling Black Women’s Activist Work at the Hammer Museum
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/chronicling-black-womens-activist-work-at-the-hammer-museum/
- Published: 2017-03-28T14:56:41.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:12:48.000Z
- Description: A series of talks and events between March 28 and 30, co-presented by the African-American Policy Forum, examines the role of black women and girls in the struggle for civil rights.
- Author: Matt Stromberg
- Tags: Art, Black Lives Matter, Events, Hammer Museum, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:23 (2016, 2017, part 2)

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#BlackLivesMatter March on Seattle in solidarity with Baltimore and Freddie Gray on May 9, 2015 (photo by Jama Abdirahman, courtesy of Hammer Museum)

African-American women have been central to the struggle for civil rights, as both organizers — like the creators of the #BlackLivesMatter movement — and victims of institutional violence. Co-presented with the [African-American Policy Forum](http://www.aapf.org/herdreamdeferred2017?ref=hyperallergic.com), “[Her Dream Deferred: On the Status of Black Women](https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2017/03/her-dream-deferred-on-the-status-of-black-women/?ref=hyperallergic.com)” at the Hammer Museum aims to explore the complicated position of black women and girls in America.

The program begins Tuesday evening with [#SayHerName](http://www.aapf.org/shn/?rq=%23SHN&ref=hyperallergic.com), a multi-act performance curated by [Abby Dobson](http://www.abbydobsonsings.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) that employs song, movement, and spoken word to honor black female victims of police violence. On Wednesday evening, historian Brenda Stevenson and legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw will lead [a discussion on the legacy of Latasha Harlins](http://www.aapf.org/latasha-harlins/?rq=latasha%20harlins&ref=hyperallergic.com), a 15-year old African-American girl whose [1991 shooting death](http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-0318-latasha-harlins-20160318-story.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) at the hands of a local liquor store owner was a pivotal event in the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising. Thursday’s talk will focus on [Black Women in Media](http://www.aapf.org/the-not-so-silver-screen/?rq=the%20not%20so%20silver%20screen&ref=hyperallergic.com), with a panel made up of actresses Diahann Carroll, Tonya Pinkins, and LisaGay Hamilton, Hollywood casting director Tracy “Twinkie” Byrd, #OscarsSoWhite creator April Reign, and University of Alabama professor Kristen Warner. All events are free, and can also be live-streamed on the [Hammer’s website](https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2017/03/her-dream-deferred-on-the-status-of-black-women/?ref=hyperallergic.com).

**When:** Tuesday, March 28–Thursday, March 30, 7:30pm nightly  
**Where:** Hammer Museum (10899 Wilshire Boulevard, Westwood, Los Angeles)

*More info* [*here*](https://hammer.ucla.edu/programs-events/2017/03/her-dream-deferred-on-the-status-of-black-women/?ref=hyperallergic.com)*.*