Les Payne talks about the Soweto uprising

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Les Payne, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, editor and author, speaks about the 1976 Soweto uprising and relates the South African revolt to today’s protests in North Africa and the Middle East. He spoke on April 11 in the Pugh Hall auditorium at the University of Florida.

Payne is touring the country speaking on the 35th anniversary of the Soweto uprising. His groundbreaking series on the Soweto uprising was instrumental in bringing the reality of apartheid to the American consciousness and contributed, ultimately, to the transition to majority rule in 1994.

For more than a quarter of a century, Payne served as Newsday’s associate editor, local and national reporter and foreign correspondent and columnist; he also served as Newsday’s New York Editor and his news staffs won every major award in journalism, including six Pulitzer Prizes.

Appearing in the Webcast:

• Prof. Kenneth Nunn, UF Levin College of Law, moderator
• Prof. R. Hunt Davis (emeritus), UF Dept. of History (6:15)
• Buyiswa Mini, Teaching Assistant, UF Dept. of Languages, Literatures & Cultures (18:50)
• Les Payne (32:30)

Times in parentheses indicate when the speaker first appears in the video.

Running time: 1:34:48.

Posted: April 13, 2011
Category: Webcasts