Join Brandon M. Terry, Harvard professor and leading scholar of African American political thought, for a thought-provoking discussion on Martin Luther King Jr.’s enduring influence on policy and public life. As co-editor of To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr., Terry explores how King’s ideas on democracy, justice, and moral leadership remain deeply relevant in today’s political landscape.
This conversation will examine how King’s vision can inform contemporary policy debates on policing, incarceration, and social justice. Drawing from his extensive scholarship and public engagement, Terry will offer insights into the challenges and opportunities of translating King’s philosophy into meaningful action in the 21st century. Guided by the dynamic moderation of Dr. Peniel Joseph.
This program is presented by the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy as part of the William C. Powers Speaker Series.
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About Brandon M. Terry
Brandon M. Terry is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University and the co-director of the Institute on Policing, Incarceration, and Public Safety at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. In addition to these main appointments, Brandon is a Faculty Affiliate of American Studies, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and the Center for History and Economics.
Terry earned a PhD with distinction in Political Science and African American Studies from Yale University, an MSc in Political Theory Research as a Michael von Clemm Fellow at Corpus Christi College at the University of Oxford, and an AB, magna cum laude, in Government and African and African American Studies from Harvard College.
A scholar of African American political thought, Brandon is the editor, with Tommie Shelby, of To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Harvard University Press, 2018) and the editor of Fifty Years Since MLK (Boston Review/MIT 2018). He has published work in Modern Intellectual History, Political Theory, The New York Review of Books, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Boston Review, Dissent, The Point, and New Labor Forum. For his work, Brandon has received fellowships, awards, and recognition from the Edmund J. Safra Center for Ethics, the Center for History and Economics, the Ford Foundation, the Mellon-Mays Foundation, the American Political Science Association, the National Conference of Black Political Scientists, and Best American Essays.