Marshall University will soon welcome an array of speakers and writers for events sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts. ?
On Tuesday, John M. Glen will speak in the MU Foundation Building at 7 p.m. as the first of two guest speakers coming to campus this month for The Long Civil Rights Movement in America lecture series.
Glen, a scholar of Appalachian history, will discuss the region?s role in the civil rights movement, specifically the Highlander School in Tennessee.
During the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, the school was heavily connected to civil rights. Icons of the movement like Septima Clark taught there. Rosa Parks studied there before embarking on her bus protest. The school was even involved in educating black voters in the South about voter registration and literacy requirements. ?
The series continues Tuesday, Nov. 13, when Bettye Collier-Thomas comes to campus to speak about the contributions of women to the civil rights movement and how their prominent involvement helped spark much of the activism adopted by later women?s groups.
??It?s been a collective effort of seven sponsors, and countless hours of work by a number of very dedicated folks who believe in the mission of our university,? David Trowbridge, Marshall?s director of African American studies said. ?I hope our students take advantage of this ... they will not be disappointed.?
On Nov. 14, poets Crystal Good and Neil Carpathios will be at Marshall for the Visiting Writers Series.
Good, a poet who writes on everything from mountain top removal to quantum physics, is a member of Affrilachin (African American Appalachian) Poets. The Charleston resident was recognized by then-Gov. Joe Manchin as a West Virginia Innovative Artist in 2005.
Carpathios, the coordinator of creative writing at Shawnee State University, is the author of three books of poetry. He has received grants from both the Ohio Arts Council and the National Endowment of the Arts.
On Nov. 29, George Edwards III, author of ?Why The Electoral College is Bad for America,? will come to campus to offer his opinion on the Electoral College and the presidential election.
Edwards will be the last speaker in this semester?s Amicus Curiae lecture series, though it will continue next semester.
?The lecture series brings people in from around the country to talk about issues of importance constitutionally and politically,? series coordinator Patricia Proctor said. ?People are interested...it?s gone very well so far.?
Jeremy Brown can be reached at brown654@marshall.edu.
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Source: http://www.marshallparthenon.com/cola-to-welcome-variety-of-speakers-writers-in-november-1.2787727
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