Rescheduled: Black Faculty Speaker Series: Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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Due to illness, this event has been rescheduled from March 28 to May 7. Current ticket holders will receive an email providing priority access to reserve tickets for the new date. More information, including a new ticket registration link when it becomes available, will be posted on the event website.

This year's theme for the Black Faculty Speaker Series is Collective Community Vision featuring renowned historian Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker, literary scholar, and journalist Henry Louis Gates Jr. is an acclaimed cultural critic and institution builder. Professor Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. His latest history series for PBS is "Making Black America: Through the Grapevine." "Finding Your Roots," Gates' groundbreaking genealogy and genetics series is now in its tenth season on PBS.

Poster for the Black Faculty Speaker Series event featuring Dr. Henry L. Gates, Jr. The background includes a collage of handwritten text, a wooden staircase with pink flowers, and a silhouette of a head with a colorful circular pattern. The text reads: 'Collective Community Vision' in bold red letters. Below, it states 'With Dr. Henry L. Gates, Jr.' in black and gold text. The event details at the bottom indicate it will take place on Friday, March 28, 2025, from 6-7 p.m. at Centennial Hall

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All
Price
Free

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Centennial Hall