DAAS Zora Neale Hurston Lecture with Kidada Williams PhD(History, WSU)
Embracing the Darkest Part of the Sky: Black Study and Black Publics
Kidada E. Williams is a writer and historian who researches African American survivors of racist violence. She is the author of I Saw Death Coming and They Left Great Marks on Me; co-editor of #CharlestonSyllabus; host and co-producer of “Seizing Freedom,” a podcast docudrama that covered the epic story of African Americans' fight for freedom during the Civil War and beyond. And, she is an associate professor of History at Wayne State University in Detroit.
| Building: | Trotter Multicultural Center |
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| Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
| Tags: | african american, african and african american studies, african and afroamerican studies, African Diaspora, Afroamerican, Black America, black history, Blackness, Higher Education |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Department for Afroamerican and African Studies |
