BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20110313T100000 RDATE:20110313T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20111106T090000 RDATE:20111106T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110223T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110223T170000 LOCATION:Watzek Library\, Room 245 SUMMARY:Rudolph P. Byrd\, PhD (LC '75): The Death of the Essential Blac k Subject: Marlon Riggs' "Black Is\, Black Ain't" DESCRIPTION:Rudolph P. Byrd\, PhD is an African American Studies schola r\, alumnus of Lewis &\; Clark\, and founding director of the James We ldon Johnson Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (http://www .jamesweldonjohnson.emory.edu/) at Emory University. \; Dr. Byrd will explore the complexities of defining "blackness" in America through a sc holarly discussion of the groundbreaking Marlon Riggs film Black Is…Bla ck Aint. Join the community for a special closing reception\, immediatel y following Dr. Byrd's talk in the Frank Manor House.Rudolph P. Byrd In t he NewsChronicle of Higher Education | Feb. 6\, 2011Jean Toomer's Conflic ted Racial Identity (http://chronicle.com/article/Jean-Toomers-Conflicted /126184/?sid=at&\;utm_source=at&\;utm_medium=en)The New York Times | Dec. 26\, 2010Scholars Say Chronicler of Black Life Passed for White (h ttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/books/27cane.html)CNN | Nov. 9\, 2010Aut hor Ernest Gaines Comes Home to Where His Ancestors Were Enslaved (http:/ /edition.cnn.com/2010/US/11/09/ernest.gaines.cemetery/)The New York Times | Oct. 20\, 2010Writer Tends Land Where Ancestors Were Slaves (http://ww w.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/us/21gaines.html)CNN | July 30\, 2010 Song Re flects Racial Pride\, Never Intended as AnthemAtlanta Journal-Constitutio n | May 10\, 2010 Alice Walker's Changing World X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Rudolph P. Byrd\, PhD. is an African American Studies scholar\, alumnus of Lewis &\; Clark\, and founding director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute for Advanced Interdisc iplinary Studies at Emory University. \; Dr. Byrd will explore th e complexities of defining "blackness" in America through a scholarly dis cussion of the groundbreaking Marlon Riggs film Black Is…Black Aint .
Join the community for a special closing reception\, immed iately following Dr. Byrd's talk in the Frank Manor House.
Rudolph P. Byrd In the News