Fall 2009 Lecture Series

September 8th, 4-6pm: Douglass and Lincoln in the Age of Obama, and their critics
A lecture by John Stauffer, Professor of English and the History of American Civilization at Harvard University
Location: African American Studies Center
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September 16th, 4-6pm: Are High Quality Schools Enough to Close the Racial Achievement Gap?
A lecture by Roland Fryer, Professor of Economics and CEO of the EdLabs at Harvard University
Location: Howard Thurman Center, George Sherman Union
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October 13th, 4-6pm: Darwin on the Races of Man
A lecture by Joseph L. Graves, Jr., Dean of University Studies and Professor of Biological Studies at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Co-sponsored with the BU Humanities Foundation, the BU Department of History, and the Greater Boston Darwin Centennial
Location: Howard Thurman Center, George Sherman Union
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October 28th, 12:30-2pm: Journalism and History: Crossing the Boundaries
A lecture by Annette Gordon-Reed, author of The Hemingses of Monitcello: An American Family
Co-sponsored with the BU College of Communication
Location: George Sherman Union
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November 2nd, 6-8pm: Social and Biological Definitions of Race
A discussion led by John Thornton, Professor of History and African American Studies at Boston University
Co-sponsored with Hug, Don’t Hate and the Howard Thurman Center
Location: Howard Thurman Center, George Sherman Union
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November 10th, 6-9pm: Celebration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Lecture given by Paul Rusesabagina, the man who inspired Hotel Rwanda
Co-sponsored with the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center
Location: TSAI Performance Center

December 8th, 4-6pm: Racial Discourses of Insanity, the African American Medical Profession, and the Politics of Mental Illness, 1895-1945
A lecture by Martin Summers, Associate Professor of History at Boston College
Location: African American Studies Center
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