Forty Years of Black Politics
Tuesday, 30 Jan 2007 at 7:00 pm – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
A panel discussion featuring Mary Sawyer, Iowa State University professor of religious studies and cofounder of the African American Studies program; Mary Ann Spicer, president of the Des Moines-based, nonpartisan political action group Sisters on Target; and State Representative Wayne Ford, cofounder of the Brown and Black Presidential Forum. Dianne Bystrom, director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics will moderate. Part of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Celebration.Cosponsored By:
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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