A Deeper Black: Race in America

Ta–Nehisi Coates

Monday, 30 Jan 2017 at 7:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union

Doors open at 6:00 | No tickets

Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent at The Atlantic and wrote the magazine’s recent cover story “My President Was Black,” a history of the first African American White House. He is the author of the bestselling book Between the World and Me, which is written in the form of a letter to his teenage son about the challenges he will face growing up black in America. Coates’s June 2014 cover story on slavery and race, "The Case for Reparations," won the George Polk Award for Commentary, and in 2015 he was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is also the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Series Keynote

Autographed copies of his book will be available for sale in lieu of a book signing.
His most recent article, “My President Was Black”:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...ck/508793/

From his Atlantic article, "The Case for Reparations":
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.

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A carillon concert in honor of Dr. King. Tin-Shi Tam, carilloneur.

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Convocation
Thursday, January 19, 3:30 pm, Sun Room, Memorial Union
Come celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and learn how his global vision of equality for everyone remains relevant today. The Advancing One Community Awards will also be presented.

Cosponsored By:
  • Ames Public Library Friends Foundation
  • Athletic Department
  • Black Graduate Student Association
  • College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
  • College of Business
  • College of Design
  • College of Engineering
  • College of Human Sciences
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Division of Student Affairs
  • George Gund Fund
  • Greenlee School of Journalism & Communication
  • History
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Planning Committee
  • Office of Diversity & Inclusion
  • Political Science
  • University Library
  • YWCA Ames-ISU
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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