Since 2022
The Bob Moses Legacy Conference
Grounded in the enduring legacy of Bob Moses, who recognized that literacy is a prerequisite for economic and political participation, the conference calls on each generation to confront the truth of history as a necessary step toward transformative change.
2026
The Conference in Two Parts
The 2026 Bob Moses Legacy Conference unfolds in two parts: Part I in Montgomery, Alabama, and Part II at MIT in Cambridge.
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Part II · November 21, 2026
Bob Moses Legacy Conference at MIT
Part II celebrates the 45th anniversary of the MacArthur Fellows Program, with a full day of conversation and strategy in Cambridge.
- Keynote from Prof. Brandon Terry
- Screening of The Alabama Solution
- Fireside chat with Clara Brooks and Julie Godwin, family members of the incarcerated documentarians
- MacArthur Conversation with Desmond Meade and Reuben Jonathan Miller, moderated by Rev. Rahsaan Hall
- Five breakout groups to learn, listen, and strategize
- Food, music, art, and camaraderie
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2026
Remaking America: The Work Before Us
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2025
Anchored in History, Focused on the Future: Education and Mass Incarceration
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2024
The Vote, Caste, and the Carceral State
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2023
The Vote, Caste, and the Carceral State
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2022
Education, Insurgents and Insurgencies
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The Algebra Project
The Young People's Project
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Bob Moses Research Center for Math Literacy, FIU
Earl Center for Learning & Innovation, BU Wheelock
Candler School of Theology, Emory University
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Southern Education Foundation
Wendy Weiss
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