Memorial for Hardy T. Frye

Memorial for Hardy T. Frye
Hardy T. Frye, a long-time member of the ISSI community, died at home in Berkeley on June 16, 2021. Born and raised in Tuskegee, Alabama, after high school he joined the U.S. Army. After discharge, he went to Los Angeles and quickly became involved in the Civil Rights Movement. In the summer of l964 he went to Mississippi to join Freedom Summer. He was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Field Secretary in Mississippi and Alabama from 1964-1967. In 1975, he earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from UC Berkeley. He accepted an appointment at Yale as an Assistant Professor in 1976, where he taught for one year. After that, he returned to UCB as a post-doc, and he was involved with the formation of the Institute for the Study of Social Change, which later became the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues. He then went on to become a faculty member in the Sociology Department at UC Santa Cruz and to work for the University of California Office of the President promoting equity systemwide. His book, Black Parties and Political Power: A Case Study, was published in 1980. He also served as Director of the US Peace Corps in Guyana. After his retirement, he came back to Berkeley as a lecturer in African American Studies, shaping a new generation of students. Representative Barbara Lee honored Professor Frye by commemorating him in the Congressional Record.
Sponsored by: Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, African American and African Diaspora Studies (UCB), Department of Sociology (UC Santa Cruz), UC Office of the President
MC: Stephen Small, Professor of African American Studies and Director of the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, UC Berkeley
Speakers:
* Troy Duster, Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley
* Yvette Gullatt, Vice President for Graduate and Undergraduate Affairs, Vice Provost for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Chief Diversity Officer, University of California
* Herman Gray, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, UC Santa Cruz
* Nikki Jones, Professor of African American Studies and Chair of the Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, UC Berkeley
* Hallie Costello, Hardy Frye's daughter
* Nancy Skinner, California State Senator, District 9
* Ameer Hasan Loggins, Ph.D.
* Ben Tucker, Retired, University of California Office of the President
* Pearl Alice Marsh, PhD, Retired Democratic Congressional staff member
* Russell Williams
* David Wellman, Professor Emeritus, Community Studies, UC Santa Cruz
* Johnny Danner
* Mark W. Toney, Ph.D., Executive Director, TURN-The Utility Reform Network
* Joseph Blum, Photographer (many of the photos shown are taken by Joseph Blum)
* Prince Wilson
November 3rd, 2021