Keeping Hope Alive: Three Critiques of the late- Reverend Jesse Jackson
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Africana Studies & Research Center, Multipurpose room, AFC 120, Tompkins
Please join us at the Africana Studies & Research Center, where department professors will share their perspectives on Reverend Jesse Jackson's legacy and its meaning today. This event will close out our fall semester programming, with a reception to follow. Professor Grant Farred will be moderating the event, which will include the following critiques: Prof. Assie-Lumumba Jesse Jackson and the Struggles for Equality: The Enduring Significance of His Timeless and Universal Message of Hope. Dr. Xavier Pickett Did “Keep Hope Alive” Die with Jesse Jackson? Toward a New African American “Higher Moral Ground” Prof. Siba Grovogui Jesse Jackson Diplomat : Threading Nation, Diaspora, Empire in Time of Racial Strife