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Leading Voice on Race Relations in America to Speak at Adelphi University
Award-Winning Author Randall Kennedy on his Popular Book Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
Garden City, NY
September 10, 2003
Nationally acclaimed, best-selling author Randall Kennedy will speak on his controversial book, Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word. Kennedy, recognized for his strong voice on race relations in America, will be the guest speaker in Adelphi's William E. Simon Lecture in American Civilization and Values on September 17, 2003 at 7:00 PM in the school's Ruth S. Harley University Center at One South Avenue, Garden City, NY. The lecture is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.
Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word was published in 2002 and traces the history of one of the most derogatory words in our nation's history. Kennedy, a Harvard law professor, takes his audience on a journey through time, examining the usage of the word in popular culture, the court system, academia, and disparate racial communities. Upon its release, Kennedy found himself on the pages of the New York Times, Time, Newsweek, and on the cover of The New York Times Book Review.
Randall Kennedy has been a professor at Harvard Law School since 1984. He is a graduate of Princeton University and Yale Law School, a Rhodes Scholar, and served as a clerk to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Mr. Kennedy writes for a wide range of scholarly and general interest publications, and sits on the editorial boards of The Nation, Dissent, and The American Prospect. In 1997, he won the Robert F. Kennedy Book prize for Race, Crime, and the Law. His latest book, Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption, was published in January 2003.
While free and open to the public, due to demand for the event, tickets are required. Tickets can be picked up in the Auxiliary Services Office in the University Center in Room 301.
The event is co-sponsored by Adelphi's International Initiatives Committee.
About Adelphi University: Adelphi University, chartered in 1896, was the first institution of higher education for the liberal arts and sciences on Long Island. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, and the Schools of Business, Nursing, and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,500 students from 41 states and 63 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.
Media Contact
For additional information, please contact:
Lori Duggan Gold
Vice President for Communications
p - 516.877.3693
f - 516.877.3266
e - duggangold@adelphi.edu
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