RENOWNED SOCIOLOGIST FRANCESCA POLLETTA TO LECTURE AT UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH ON THE RESHAPING OF URBAN PROTEST
February 20, 2008
February 20, 2008
PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 20 -- University of Pittsburgh issued the following news release:
From tales of 16th-century tax revolts to the story of the four Black college students who sat down at a Whites-only lunch counter in 1960 in Greensboro, N.C., a good story has always been a powerful way to stir people to action.
Francesca Polletta, associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine, will speak at Pitt on Feb. 28 at 2413 Posvar Hall, 230 S. B . . .
From tales of 16th-century tax revolts to the story of the four Black college students who sat down at a Whites-only lunch counter in 1960 in Greensboro, N.C., a good story has always been a powerful way to stir people to action.
Francesca Polletta, associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine, will speak at Pitt on Feb. 28 at 2413 Posvar Hall, 230 S. B . . .