The award-winning author Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz will discuss her latest book, Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment, is a provocative, timely and deeply researched history of gun culture and how it reflects the truth about race and power in the United States.
About the Guest:
Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz grew up in rural Oklahoma, child of tenant farmers. As a veteran of the 1960s revolution, she has been involved in anti-racist, anti-colonial, anti-imperialist movements and union organizing. She was one of the founder of the ‘60s Women’s Liberation movement. Since 1973, she has focused on Native American and Ethnic Studies and worked with indigenous communities for sovereignty and land rights, helping to build the global indigenous movement.