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An Evening with Michael Harriot
Columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot will be the keynote speaker for the Media & Civil Rights History Symposium on March 27 and March 28, sponsored by the University of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communications.
Harriot, who grew up in Hartsville, S.C., is the author of a New York Times bestselling book “Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America” as well as regular columns in “The Root” and “The Guardian”, offering a different view of America. He is considered one of the country’s most compelling cultural critics.
Harriot will speak at a free public event on Thursday, March 27 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Chappelle Auditorium on the campus of Allen University. At the event, he will be in conversation with Dr. Damion Waymer, director of the USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications and Dr. Bobby Donaldson, executive director of the University of South Carolina Center for Civil Rights History and Research.
The event is co-sponsored by Allen University and the USC Center for Civil Rights History and Research.
On Friday, March 28, Harriot will be the keynote speaker at the Media & Civil Rights History Symposium luncheon, which will be held on the USC campus at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. Other Friday conference sessions will also be held on campus and are free to the public.
“We are fortunate to secure Michael Harriot for our symposium,” said Damion Waymer, director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications. “He is a brilliant, dynamic and entertaining speaker. His messages push us to think creatively for solutions to social inequalities and other issues.”
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