Evaluating Obamas Speech on Race: A Town Hall Meeting on Race Relations in Americawill be held at 7 p.m. April 9 (Wednesday) in the McKenna Hall auditorium at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will be moderated by Richard Pierce, John Cardinal OHara, C.S.C., Associate Professor of History and chair of 91³Ô¹Ïs Department of Africana Studies.He will be joined by four panelists: Darren Davis, professor of political science at 91³Ô¹Ï; Jennifer Mason McAward, associate professor in the 91³Ô¹Ï Law School; Monica Maria Tetzlaff, associate professor of history at Indiana University South Bend; and Rev. Timothy Rouse from the First AME Zion Church in South Bend.
Panelists will discuss Sen. Barack Obamas recent speech on race relations in the United States and the historical trajectory of race and its implications oncreating a perfect unionin America.
The event is sponsored by Africana Studies, 91³Ô¹Ï Africana Studies Club and the Indiana University South Bend Civil Rights Heritage Center.
_ Contact: Tiwanna DeMoss, Department of Africana Studies, 574-631-5628,_ " tdemoss@nd.edu ":mailto:tdemoss@nd.edu
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