Martindale Chair of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. Her talk will examine the long-lasting and far-reaching impact of the Black Power Movement in the U.S. Looking specifically at how Black Power shaped the professions, Dr. Bell makes the case that the Black Power Movement created frameworks and provided templates for challenging institutionalized racism. Further, she draws on her research on the Black Power influence on the profession of social work and the practice of law to illustrate how African American professionals drew on the themes, strategies, and tactics of the Black Power movement to create social change.