Estelle Richmond Robinson, and the Forgotten Activists of the 1960s
Networking the City: Estelle Richmond Robinson, and the Forgotten Activists of the 1960s by Jordan Antebi Professor Alison Isenberg May 8, 2018 This paper represents my own work in accordance with University regulations. [s/Jordan Antebi] 1 Image 1 (cover) : Estelle Richmond Robinson moderates “What’s Happening in My World?” a workshop of city women at the Trenton YMCA, 1971. 2 Introduction In late 1971, 26 women—11 black and 15 white—convened at the YMCA in Trenton, New Jersey for an urban issues workshop titled “What’s Happening in My World?” 1 The event—part of a series sponsored by the Rutgers University Bureau of Community Services (BCS)—was described in the local newspaper as a “real exercise of the mind and the vocal chords,” a “free-flowing round-table discussion” about topics such as “drugs, the PTA, snobbishness of the suburbs...